Sean Strickland caused a major upset by winning unanimously to claim the belt over two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 293.
The world of sport has experienced ‘the craziest upset of the year’ with Sean Strickland’s shocking win over two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 293. This was the response of the public. Strickland definitively outperformed Adesanya over five rounds, culminating in a win with unanimous scorecards of 49-46. This came as another significant upheaval in the realm of octagon that’s witnessed so many of them over the past two years. Strickland, originally a backup for Dricus Du Plessis who had to withdraw from UFC 293 due to injury, stunned the world with his victory.
This is what the fighters had to say about the UFC 293 main card. Jan Blachowicz tweeted, “If something looks stupid, but works, it’s not stupid. I guess.” Conor McGregor congratulated Sean saying, “The ‘spar only’ method crowns the new UFC middleweight world champion. Well done Sean. Unlucky Izzy.” Ben Askren expressed his surprise tweeting, “Damn Sean just kicked Izzy’s ASS, no way I saw that coming! MMA is nuts. 49-46 Strickland. Home crowd for Izzy loves Sean.”
Aljamain Sterling seemed confident about the result, tweeting, “If Strickland loses this decision, then fighting makes no sense to me anymore. 3-2 at the worse.” Renato Moicano voiced similar sentiments, “Let’s be honest Strickland won…. Lol we have a new champion mma is the best sport in the world!!!” Paulo Costa‘s response was more curt – “all Chinese lost their belts”. Praise also came from Derek Brunson who applauded Strickland’s preparation meeting opportunity and Demetrious Johnson who noted that “basic and discipline” wins fights.