Sean Strickland is the new UFC middleweight champion. The 32-year-old dropped Israel Adesanya in round one before outpointing him over the next four frames to pick up a unanimous decision victory a…
An uneventful first round burst into life with mere seconds left on the clock as Strickland landed a clean right hand to score an unlikely knockdown.
After getting a minute to recover in his corner, Adesanya appeared fine and full of confidence heading into round two of his fight against Strickland. Strickland was told off by his coach for being "snake-charmed" by Adesanya after round two and he came out for the third frame determined to not let it happen again.
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