How good has Strickland's win over Imavov aged?

[Portland8242]

Now add Adesanya to the streak.

Possible rematch down the line after Strickland KO's DDP to get the belt back?

 

[John makfresshi]

After Sean wins the belt back, this rematch will be sick

 

[Saint_of_Killers]

Strickland vs Imavov rematch is the fight to make after Strickland wins his belt back. Forgot Chimaev, dude fights once every two years.

 

[Contempt]

A fun fighter, I'll be down to watch him fight anyone in the top 10.

Rematch with Strickland would be sick.

 

[tritestill]

Khamzat is getting the shot, regardless how people feel

 

[mister piscadinha]

short notice strickland at that

 

[HHJ]

Strickland vs Imavov rematch is the fight to make after Strickland wins his belt back. Forgot Chimaev, dude fights once every two years.

 

[Fact Checker]

Strickland on short notice thoroughly cucked Imavov… taunted and chirped at him the whole fight while slapping him around.


Gotta give Strickland his credit, his striking is tailored for MMA.

 

[rjmbrd]

Without context this is really wack.

Imavov had a full fight camp for 185lbs and ended up getting Strickland on 5 days notice and forced to fight at light heavyweight. So he had to diet and start his fight week preparations for middleweight and Sean had zero of that.

It was also his first ever 5 round fight.

 

[UFConFOX]

It hasn't. Strickland weighed 25 lbs more than Imamov in the cage IIRC and Strickland has jab/teep defensive style which actually requires preparation to solve. Imamov had none.

Rewatch the fight. He just leaned on Imamov and was able to absorb everything Imamov through b/c he was a backstreet boy heavier.

Here's a question, how poorly has Strickland's win over Izzy aged? You asked the wrong one homey.

 

[Mammothman]

Du Plessis will beat them both.

 

[usernamee]

Imavov looked great tonight but he did look very meh vs Allen in his previous fight

 

[Koala]

Bad
He weighted at 204 vs 194 for Imavov

 

[Deltron 6060]

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Now add Adesanya to the streak.

Possible rematch down the line after Strickland KO's DDP to get the belt back?

His only chance of winning is via decision and you know this man. That being said, DDP gets it done again, AND STILL KNOCKS.

 

[Portland8242]

Imavov looked great tonight but he did look very meh vs Allen in his previous fight

Because these other cats at MW are far better than people think.

The Izzy/Rob era of MW was horribly weak, with Cannonier as a top contender. Put Brendan Allen against Izzy and he beats him, not kidding.

 

[Portland8242]

Without context this is really wack.

Imavov had a full fight camp for 185lbs and ended up getting Strickland on 5 days notice and forced to fight at light heavyweight. So he had to diet and start his fight week preparations for middleweight and Sean had zero of that.

It was also his first ever 5 round fight.

Wait so Imavov had the full camp and Strickland was on short notice yet Sean had the advantage?

Where in Strickland's style do you possibly see less cardio being good for him? Strickland doesn't need extra size, nobody overpowers him at MW anyway.

 

[Fact Checker]

Without context this is really wack.

Imavov had a full fight camp for 185lbs and ended up getting Strickland on 5 days notice and forced to fight at light heavyweight. So he had to diet and start his fight week preparations for middleweight and Sean had zero of that.

It was also his first ever 5 round fight.

Major cope, Strickland accepted that fight off his couch with only a few days to prep.


Three or five round fight, Imavov has always had a mediocre gas tank and he couldn’t handle Stricklands pressure.


Give credit where it’s due, I guarantee Imavov would NEVER accept a fight with Strickland on a few days notice.

 

[flektarn]

Major cope, Strickland accepted that fight off his couch with only a few days to prep.


Three or five round fight, Imavov has always had a mediocre gas tank and he couldn’t handle Stricklands pressure.


Give credit where it’s due, I guarantee Imavov would NEVER accept a fight with Strickland on a few days notice.

Plus it was less than a month after he fought Cannonier.
Strickland would still body Imavov.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Ddp is going on an even longer winstreak. After he beats the Neanderthal Sean he has 1 neckbeard then imanov.

 

[rjmbrd]

Major cope, Strickland accepted that fight off his couch with only a few days to prep.

Strickland is a cardio point kick boxer. Forcing someone expecting to fight a short, compact wrestle boxer Kelvin at 185lbs, then having to go 5 rounds with him at Light Heavyweight is a massive, massive advantage to Strickland.

Three or five round fight, Imavov has always had a mediocre gas tank and he couldn’t handle Stricklands pressure.

Give credit where it’s due, I guarantee Imavov would NEVER accept a fight with Strickland on a few days notice.

This part is subjective and you're just making up a scenario and deciding how it would go. I'm simply stating the real world circumstances that disadvantaged Imavov.

I would likely pick Strickland to beat him again via decision in a brutally boring 5 round jab/teep fight. However Imavov would have a better overall chance.