Sean Strickland needed less than two rounds to dethrone Abus Magomedov in the main event of UFC Vegas 76 Saturday night at APEX, then called a title fight against current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya for September. As of this moment, does Strickland sit atop the challenger’s bench?
MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Jed Michio react to Strickland’s second-round TKO win over Magomedov, and his post-win title speculation depends on what happens in the UFC 290 bout between Robert Whitaker and Dricos du Plessis. Additionally, they discussed Kevin Lee’s 55-second loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov, where “The Motown Phenom” and Fakhretdinov go from the match, Grant Dawson’s stifling win over Damir Ismagulov in the co-main event, how long Dawson’s path to the title shot could be over Although his talent, and more.
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