{"id":40624,"date":"2026-09-21T03:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Sean-Strickland-reveals-Sean-Sharaf-was-sleeping-on-floor-before-UFC-331-202886"},"modified":"2026-09-21T03:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:37:32","slug":"sean-strickland-reveals-sean-sharaf-was-sleeping-on-floor-before-ufc-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/sean-strickland-reveals-sean-sharaf-was-sleeping-on-floor-before-ufc-331\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland reveals Sean Sharaf was sleeping on floor before UFC 331"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Sean
\nSharaf<\/a> was going through tough times just weeks before pulling
\noff one of the biggest upsets in
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> history.<\/p>\n

Sharaf was a +1000 underdog and likely fighting for his spot on the
\nroster going into his UFC
\n331<\/a> clash against Gable
\nSteveson<\/a>, a -2500 favorite. Sharaf flatlined Steveson with a
\nleft hook in just 12 seconds. UFC middleweight champion Sean
\nStrickland<\/a> has now revealed some details about Sharaf\u2019s
\npre-fight predicament.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sean Strickland shares Sharaf\u2019s living situation three weeks
\nbefore UFC 331<\/h2>\n

Strickland, who was rooting for Sharaf, recently shared their DMs
\nfrom just three weeks before UFC 331. Sharaf sent Strickland a
\nphoto of his living arrangement: a mat on the floor to sleep on and
\nhis belongings packed into luggage. The champ then advised him to
\nat least buy a cheap mattress rather than sleeping on the
\nfloor.<\/p>\n

\u201cBro getting off the floor sucks,\u201d Strickland wrote in response to
\nSharaf\u2019s image. \u201cLeast get a cheap Amazon mattress and box spring.
\n300 dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharaf told Strickland that he would buy an air mattress from
\nWalmart. Regardless of whether Sharaf bought that Walmart mattress,
\nthe former U.S. Marine can certainly afford an upgrade after UFC
\n331. Sharaf earned a $50k \u201cProper Chaos\u201d bonus sponsored by
\nParamount+ for his UFC 331 victory. White doubled Sharaf\u2019s bonus by
\nadding $50k of his own. He plans to gift the bonus to his ailing
\nmother to help her retire.<\/p>\n

Strickland advised Sharaf to get a nicer mattress now that he can
\nafford it.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Sharaf] time to get a nicer mattress after that 100k bonus you\u2019re
\nabout to get,\u201d Strickland posted on his Instagram stories.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

Sean
\nStrickland<\/a> shares a screenshot of his texts with Sean Sharaf<\/a>
\njust 3 weeks ago<\/p>\n

He was sleeping on the floor and didn’t even own a mattress<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Strickland: “Time to get a nicer mattress after that 100K bonus
\nyou’re about to get.” pic.twitter.com\/mFLtWJCpWU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS)
\nSeptember 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Sean Sharaf was going through tough times just weeks before pulling off one of the biggest upsets in Ultimate Fighting Championship history. Sharaf was a +1000 underdog and likely fighting for his spot on the roster going into his UFC 331 clash against Gable Steveson, a -2500 favorite. Sharaf flatlined Steveson with a left hook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}