Anthony Hernandez was stopped within the UFC Houston headliner, however he isn’t going to sit down down.
Hernandez needed to make a powerful case for being the No. 1 contender within the middleweight division. As an alternative, it was Sean Strickland who took the assertion win. He hit “Fluffy” with a knee to the physique, adopted by a punch, incomes him a TKO end within the third spherical earlier than the referee ordered a stoppage.
Hernandez entered UFC Houston on an eight-fight successful streak. Though his successful streak could also be over, ‘Fluffy’ insists he’ll proceed to work arduous and make changes. Hernandez addressed his loss to Strickland on his Instagram account (h/t MMAFighting).
“Initially, thanks a lot to everybody who got here,” Hernandez mentioned. “They confirmed me a lot love and it was superior. The gamers are shit. I imply, I used to be on an eight-game successful streak. I felt like issues have been going nice till I took a shitty physique shot. Shit occurs. It is a part of the sport. It took six years for somebody to lastly beat me. I will be again.”
Throughout his eight-fight successful streak, Hernandez defeated the likes of Roman Dorise, Brendan Allen, Michel Pereira and Roman Kopylov. He rose to quantity 4 within the UFC middleweight division. It stays to be seen whether or not he’ll preserve his spot or at the very least drop one.
Whereas Hernandez tries to determine what went mistaken, Strickland goals to tackle Khamzat Chimaev for the middleweight title. Whether or not Strickland will get his want stays to be seen, however many agree that that is the most important struggle that would occur at middleweight. At BJPenn.com, we are going to preserve you up to date on the newest info concerning the middleweight title image.
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