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If it seems like Sean Strickland regained the middleweight title with a split-decision Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “You guys want to hear something funny?” Strickland said at the Ultimately, Strickland was able to overcome the injury, as he As for the supposed bad blood with Chimaev, it appeared to be short \u201cThere is something, unless you\u2019ve experienced it, you just don\u2019t Strickland also admitted that much of the animosity with Chimaev \u201cI sell fights,\u201d Strickland said. \u201cLook at the UFC, how f\u2014ing
\nStrickland<\/a> was even more relliant on his jab than usual at
\nUFC
\n328<\/a>, well, there might be a reason for that.<\/p>\n
\ntriumph over Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> in Saturday\u2019s main event at the Prudential Center in
\nNewark, New Jersey. After being grounded for the majority of Round
\n1, Strickland gradually built momentum by turning the fight into a
\nstandup battle \u2014 where he was able to outduel his Chechen rival.
\nStill, Strickland wasn\u2019t 100% during his upset victory due to an
\ninjury he sustained while sparring former Bellator champ Johnny
\nEblen<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\npost-fight press conference. “So on Tuesday, I’m sparring Johnny,
\nthat motherf\u2014er, the PFL champ. And I’m at Plinio’s gym, Cruz’s
\ngym, and he f\u2014ing shoots on me, and I hit his brick-ass wall, and I
\nseparated my shoulder. So I had a Grade 1 AC joint separation on
\nTuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\noutlanded Chimaev by a 123-to-98 count in significant strikes. And
\nthough he was taken down nine times in the bout, Chimaev was only
\nable to log 7:16 of control time in the 25-minute contest \u2014 and
\nnearly five minutes of that occurred in Round 1.<\/p>\n
\nlived, if it existed at all. The two fighters were cordial during
\nthe fight, and Chimaev wrapped the belt around Strickland at the
\nconclusion of the championship clash.<\/p>\n
\nknow what it\u2019s like,\u201d Strickland said. \u201cWhen you go and fight
\nanother man, your soul is just exposed. When you\u2019re f\u2014king
\nbleeding, and he\u2019s bleeding, I want to quit; he wants to quit, we
\ndon\u2019t want to be there, you just have this level of respect for one
\nanother. It transcends race, religion, nationality, country. It\u2019s
\nsomething that you just don\u2019t know. You kind of become someone\u2019s
\nbrother after you and him try to die, win or lose.\u201d<\/p>\nSelling Fights<\/h2>\n
\nmay have been manufactured in the name of selling the drama.<\/p>\n
\nboring it is. Really, the UFC is so f\u2014ing boring. Do you even know
\nhalf the [roster]? Other than Alex [Pereira], and he doesn\u2019t even
\ntalk. He\u2019s just big and scary. That guy just knocks everybody out.
\nBut other than Alex, it\u2019s fl\u2014ng boring.\u201d<\/p>\n