Strickland rants against Adesanya again!

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Edwin  - CEO July 2, 2023
Updated 2023/07/02 at 10:25 PM
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Calls out ‘The Last Stylebender’ again after round two TKO win

 

Adesanya does not currently have a fight booked but will likely fight the winner of Robert Whittaker and Dricus Du Plessis next week

 

By Ed Emeanua

 

Moments after his second-round TKO win over Abusupiyan Magomedov on Saturday, Sean Strickland renditioned an expletive laced rant as he made his case for a UFC middleweight title shot against Israel Adesanya.

 

The win heralded Strickland’s fourteenth following signing up with the company in 2014, and the notoriously unreserved pug exhorted his deserving of a shot at the title already.

 

 

In his fourth outing in a headlining fixture, Strickland boasted a notable encounter familiarity advantage over the inexperienced Magomedov, nonetheless, he was forced on the back pedal by the foe during the initial round of the encounter.

 

Magomedov gained the upper hand in the beginning five minutes by bespattering Strickland with a endless cascade of leg kicks as well as even nailing down a takedown.

 

Strickland took hold of the impetus in the second round all the same, and deluged the German middleweight before plopping and finishing Magomedov to close out his first UFC stoppage since 2020.

 

Victory will likely move 32-year-old to within touching distance of the middleweight top five

 

‘F***, man. It needs to happen, you guys,’ Strickland told reporters at the post-fight press conference.

 

‘We know Izzy is on f****** repeat, dude. They try to bring Abus (in). This is what the UFC said, “Man, the middleweight division is stagnant. Let’s get Abus in here. He might beat Sean”.

 

And I’m like, “Yeah right, mother f*****. Wait until you see what happens”. Every time they’ve tried to bring new blood, (like) the Frenchie I fought before, I sent him home.

 

‘This guy, I sent him back. Every time they try to bring new blood in, I send them back. Give me the f****** title. I earned it.’

 

Adesanya is presently without a fight lined up following regaining his middleweight championship by Knocking out classical nemesis Alex Pereira at UFC 287 in April.

 

The most likely option for the ‘Last Style Bender’s’ next contender for his belt is likely to be the victor of Robert Whittaker versus Dricus Du Plessis on Saturday.

 

However, if the massive choice Whittaker triumphs at UFC 290, the erstwhile titleholder will clash with Adesanya inside the Octagon for a third fight having lost their past two faceoffs, feeding fuel to Strickland’s logic over the dearth of invigorating force in the division.

 

 

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