Quote from: notblox1 on January 23, 2024, 09:34:11 PM

Quote from: tokeweed on January 23, 2024, 12:42:16 PM

I wonder what's next for Strickland. I feel like he's back to just being a gate keeper at top 5. :/

Next for him is long medical break and recovery, but after that there are fighters waiting in line to fight him.
I just checked UFC middleweight ranking changes and he is still ranked above Adesanya, Whittaker, Cannonier and Vettori.
So it must be one of this guys to challenge him or maybe Khamzat Chimaev, but Dana doesnt like him.
My bet is on Adesanya vs Dricus next, Dana wants his golden goose Izzy back on top.

Oof Chimaev against anybody of those guys in the top 5. I think we'll see him lose at his next fight if he does fight one of the guys you mentioned. I didn't like how he looked vs better competition in Usman at short notice and he's fights at a weight class lower. And Burns who's a lot smaller than Chim... He used to fight at 155. Lol.

I even think Chim will have a hard time winning vs Brendan Allen, Costa and Roman Dolidze. I wanna see Brendan Allen next for Chim. Pretty sure the line will be skewe towards Chin and make Allen a nice bet.