UFC middleweight champion, Sean Strickland, says he is “OK” after surviving an off-road vehicle crash at about 60mph while not wearing a helmet.
Strickland, 35, said the vehicle rolled around six times during the crash, which happened while his friend Chris Cornell was driving.
In a series of Instagram posts, the American fighter described himself as “an idiot” for not wearing a helmet.
“Guys I’m in a real bad place. I let my buddy drive, he rolled us going like 60 (mph), we rolled like six times,” Strickland said.
“That’s from my head smacking the ground going 60. I didn’t have a helmet on, I’m an idiot.”
Strickland later posted footage showing grazes on his head and back.
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He said he was “a little concussed” but felt well enough to want to spar the following day.
“Think I’m OK, Chris is in the hospital but I think he’s going to be alright,” he added.
“It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. My shoulder’s a little sore.”
Cornell was taken to hospital after reportedly losing consciousness following the crash.
Strickland later shared a picture of Cornell giving a thumbs-up from a hospital bed, alongside an X-ray showing a broken bone.
The UFC champion did not confirm whether he was taken to hospital.
Strickland, who lives in Las Vegas, did not disclose the exact location of the crash.
A video posted shortly before the incident showed the fighter in a desert area before the off-road ride.
Strickland has been a prominent and controversial figure in mixed martial arts throughout his UFC career.
He became a two-time UFC middleweight champion after beating Khamzat Chimaev in May.
