Some rivalries within the UFC are manufactured and others function such disdain between the fighters that the promotion has to plan forward to attempt and curb any potential violence. It’s protected to say the UFC 328 primary occasion between middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland falls into that latter class. The dangerous blood between…
Sean Strickland is getting one other crack at UFC middleweight gold on May ninth, and the previous Bellator MMA/ PFL champ at 185 kilos has supplied his insights on that combat. Former divisional kingpin Strickland will look to climb the mountain as soon as once more when he battles present titleholder Khamzat Chimaev within the…
Andreas HaleMar 13, 2026, 02:45 AM Close Andreas Hale is a fight sports activities reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and professional wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he performs video video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He can be a number for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before…
Dricus du Plessis suffered one of many extra lopsided determination losses in UFC title battle historical past final August in his conflict with Khamzat Chimaev. Now, the previous UFC middleweight champion is doing every little thing in his energy to course right. Although the battle entrance has been silent for du Plessis since UFC 319,…
Khamzat Chimaev is waiting for a showdown towards Sean Strickland for his first protection at UFC champion, however in the meantime, he’s very happy to take out Colby Covington in a wrestling match. That’s the message Chimaev despatched on Saturday night time after watching RAF 6 in Arizona the place Covington appeared on stage and…
Updated March 23, 2026, 11:20 a.m. ET UFC analyst Din Thomas expects issues to get nasty between Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland within the lead as much as UFC 328. After years of speak, Chimaev (15-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) and Strickland (30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC) will lastly share the octagon in a middleweight championship headliner…