An American middleweight in the UFC said he wants 'to kill somebody in a fight' after his latest win

• Sean Strickland dominated Uriah Hall in a UFC middleweight match Saturday in Las Vegas.
• He then told the media at a post-fight press event that he thought he broke Hall's face.
• Strickland also said he'd "love to kill somebody" in a fight, adding: "Be a psychopath. It's fun."

An American middleweight in the UFC said he wants "to kill somebody in a fight" after his latest win.

Sean Strickland, a 30-year-old from California, made the wildly controversial comments during the post-match press conference that followed the conclusion of the UFC Fight Night event in Las Vegas.

Strickland had just beaten Uriah Hall, the No.8-ranked contender in the 185-pound division, after a 25-minute fight in which he threw almost twice as many strikes as his opponent.

Strickland landed 221 of his 472 shots for a 47% accuracy rate while also nailing four of his six takedown attempts.

The victory was so dominant, Strickland said later that he thought he might have broken Hall's orbital bone during the onslaught.

Ranked 11th prior to the event, Strickland will likely shoot up the middleweight rankings and spoke about his quest for the UFC championship title - a belt he said the organization wouldn't want him to win.

"In the second round, he was blinking and rubbing his eyes, and as someone who's broken their orbital, I'm like: 'Oh yeah, he probably broke his orbital,''' Strickland said.

In the same press event, he said: "I'm the last one they [the UFC] probably wants to be the champion."

He also said: "I would love nothing more than to kill somebody in the ring. Nothing more. It would make me super happy.

"I would own that s---, too. I don't know if it would make me liable, I might have to say, 'I'm sorry,' if the cops came, but I would own that s---. Own it. Be a psychopath, it's f---ing fun!"