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Good performance from Strickland at the weekend there, but I still think Imavov is ahead of him. Khamzat's ground game is probably levels above either of these guys, though.

I really want Khamzat to fight a guy with great grappling defense if we're only going to see him defend the strap once a year.

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[โ€“] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I reckon we need to see imavov. But we also need to see Strickland and there can't be 1yr+ in between each contender shot.

I dont see anyone beating him.

[โ€“] w24@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Yep. Khamzat's my favourite fighter but the Middleweight division is gonna be backlogged with challengers if they don't at least get him up to 2 defences a year.