![]() ![]() Credit to Saint-Denis, however, he seems to have kept his confidence and aggression since that setback, and has a lot more physicality to offer down a division at lightweight.Īlong with an obviously improving and sharpening skill set, that seems all set to make him a real problem. His bout with Elizeu Zaleski became one prolonged beating when they met in 2021. Benoit Saint-Denis has seemed too wild for his own good at times in the Octagon. ![]() No matter the strength of the result, the important thing is that the Ecuadorian is now 15-0 and climbing toward the top of the welterweight division.Ī shockingly effective fight from the the Frenchman. Credit to Morales, he was more patient and controlled for this bout than he has been in any of his previous UFC fights focused more on working behind long strikes and forcing Griffin to deal with his speed rather than just making the bout all about physicality. Not an easy, or hype building win for Michael Morales, but then Max Griffin is a hard fighter to look good against. If that can’t happen, then a bout with Renato Moicano would be more than acceptable. It seems like the perfect point to see if his grappling skill can take him all the way to contender status. ![]() I’d love to see Dawson take on Mateusz Gamrot. The methods may not be pretty, but the results are inarguable. That has to get Dawson a top ranked lightweight he’s unbeaten in his last seven years and twelve bouts. He didn’t do a lot of damage or get to many dangerous submission chances, but he absolutely controlled Ismagulov for almost every minute of three rounds. The end followed shortly afterward.ĭawson was continually able to find takedowns and turn them into backtakes. ![]() After a solid enough first round, Magomedov was already gasping for air. Unfortunately, he was also entirely unprepared for the breakneck pace and pressure that top level UFC fighters like Strickland present. And while he wasn’t nearly so successful in that attempt, he did at the very least look dangerous against Strickland whenever he was pulling the trigger. ABUS MAGOMEDOVĬredit to Abus Magomedov, he took about as big a step up in competition as someone can take from their first UFC bout to their second. Aliskerov could use some resume building on his way to the top and, even with a win, Costa probably won’t be in contention. Given all that, then, I’ll say book Strickland against the Costa/Aliskerov winner. The other option would be a fight with Roman Dolidze, but that doesn’t hold much draw in my opinion. Strickland feels like it needs to happen at some point in the near future. That’s a UFC fight nobody needs to see and Costa vs. It’s also too bad that Paulo Costa is already booked against Ikram Aliskerov. That feels like a fight that would be good for both men right now, and test both their willingness toward volume and pace. It’s too bad that Strickland and Marvin Vettori seem like they’re pretty good friends. His win over Magomedov may have been strong, but it was hardly the stuff to demand UFC gold. If he’s hoping to follow Dricus Du Plessis’ path and get under Adesanya’s skin, however, it seems more likely that Strickland will continue to find himself outside of the elite looking in for at least the short term. Abus Magomedov gave him a lot to handle for a few minutes, but it tends to take a lot more than that to put the Xtreme Couture talent away, as he once again proved with his second round TKO rally.Īfter the bout, the 32-year-old even had a callout ready, claiming that he wanted to take out the UFC’s “first and only Chinese champion”-a shot at Israel Adesanya and the Nigerian-born New Zealander’s past adoption of Chinese identity during his kickboxing career. Is Sean Strickland turning over a new leaf? The man known for his trying personality and exhausting fight style walked out of his latest UFC main event with a thrilling win and an attempt to walk back some of the more obvious recent nonsense he’d been spouting. Now, let’s get to the fights! SEAN STRICKLAND Hopefully, by following that model, a few of these bout ideas will actually make it off the page and into the Octagon. That means pitting winners against winners, losers against losers, and similarly tenured talent up against one another. To answer those questions-and a bit more-I’ll be using the classic Silva/Shelby fight booking methodology from the UFC of years past. ![]()
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