October 30, 2024 9:40 am ET
Joe Rogan backs Khamzat Chimaev to get the subsequent UFC middleweight title shot.
Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) crushed former champion Robert Whittaker’s jaw for a first-round submission in Saturday’s UFC 308 co-main event in Abu Dhabi. Sean Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) was originally tabbed by Dana White as champion Dricus Du Plessis’ subsequent challenger, however after Chimaev’s dominant efficiency, Rogan was left in awe.
“As soon as he will get a maintain of you, it’s so harmful,” Rogan stated throughout his Fight Companion podcast. “He will get a title shot, I feel. … Not simply that (beating Whittaker within the first spherical), however ran by way of him. He didn’t get touched. He ran by way of him and strangled him within the first spherical. He may be the man. Take into consideration this at 185: So this man was killing himself to get to 170. At 185, he’s the f*cking man. That man’s a scary ass motherf*cker – scary. That grappling is subsequent stage.”
After shedding his title to Du Plessis by break up resolution at UFC 297, Strickland rebounded with a win over Paulo Costa at UFC 302 in June. He refuses to compete again until it’s a title-fight rematch towards Du Plessis.
Nonetheless, Strickland’s title alternative may very well be at risk. Du Plessis’ head coach, Morne Visser, posted on Instagram that they need Chimaev subsequent on Feb. 8 at UFC 312 in Sydney.
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