One in all Sean Strickland’s longtime critics had no downside with the previous UFC middleweight champion making a shot on the title at UFC 328.
UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev shall be seeking to get his title shot off to a optimistic begin when he takes on former titleholder Sean Strickland at UFC 328. Chimaev vs. Strickland headlines an attention-grabbing card in Newark, that includes two middleweights who’ve been on edge for months.
Strickland earned his subsequent title shot after a formidable win over Anthony Hernandez at UFC Houston. Regardless of a lopsided loss to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312, UFC matchmakers gave Strickland an opportunity to win the title over high contender Nasouruddin Imavov and others.
Many are questioning the legitimacy of Strickland’s upcoming title struggle and whether or not Strickland’s latest wins had been sufficient to maneuver him forward of Imavov within the title combine. A former UFC champion says Strickland’s title win displays a bigger downside in fashionable combined martial arts.
Belal Muhammad: Sean Strickland’s title shot displays the ‘stupidity’ of contemporary combined martial arts
In a latest video uploaded to him, YouTube On the channel, former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad participated within the Chimaev vs. Strickland struggle.
“It is horrible for Imavov. I believed he obtained the title struggle and would get it will definitely. However at the present time of trash speak, stupidity and Strickland speaking main as much as a title struggle, it’ll get folks speaking and paying consideration,” Muhammad stated of Strickland.
“One of many issues I am wanting ahead to is Chimaev breaking him down and coming by means of. He is going to have the ability to beat him and management him. And I am hoping he opens up slightly bit and breaks him down mentally.”
UFC analyst Din Thomas lately named Strickland as the one middleweight able to stopping Chimaev’s title reign. Undefeated in his skilled profession, Chimaev defeated du Plessis at UFC 319 final yr to win the belt.
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