Sean Strickland defeated Isreal Adeanya to win the new UFC middleweight champion of the world at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, with all judges scoring the fight in his favour.
The American’s first-round knockdown was the highlight of the battle, which lasted five rounds.
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All three judges scored the fight 49-46 in favour of Strickland, the American and new middleweight world champion. He did it with relentless pressure and firm, upright boxing, never trying a grapple.
It is back to the drawing board for the Nigerian-born fighter Adesanya as he was on the back foot throughout the clash at UFC 293.
This is his third loss bringing his record to 24-3 now while Strickland improves to 28-5.