UFC 293 Post-Fight Show | Reaction To Sean Strickland Dominating Israel Adesanya To Win Title

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09/10/23 • 88 min

Sean Strickland is the UFC middleweight champion, and he accomplished it with a dominant performance over 25 minutes to capture the title against Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 293.

Following the chaos of Saturday's pay-per-view event in Sydney, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Shaheen Al-Shatti, and Jed Meshew react to Strickland's massive upset win, discuss the big takeaways from Strickland's performance and sticking to an incredible game plan, and where it ranks in the sport's most shocking results. Additionally, the panel discusses where Adesanya goes from here, Dana White saying a rematch should be next, Alexander Volkov's impressive submission win against Tai Tuivasa, other fighters who deserve shine from the fight card, and much more.

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Sean Strickland is the UFC middleweight champion, and he accomplished it with a dominant performance over 25 minutes to capture the title against Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 293.

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Follow Shaun Al-Shatti: @ShaunAlShatti
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UFC 293 Watch Party Replay w/ Mike Heck & Conner Burks (And More Special Guests!)

Relive the magic of UFC 293's live watch party with Mike Heck, Conner Burks, plus a few special guests!

Check out the original UFC 293 Watch Party video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioje1MbHKnU

Timestamps:

Replay shows Carlos Ulberg gets late submission win over Da Un Jung (12:40)

Tyson Pedro vs. Anton Turkalj (36:06)

Pedro knocks out Turkalj reaction (40:16)

Justin Tafa vs. Austen Lane (51:58)

Tafa knocks out Lane and chat bet hits (54:50)

Ripping packs part 1 (1:05:50)

Manel Kape vs. Felipe dos Santos (1:09:00)

Kape knocks down dos Santos in Round 1 (1:11:25)

Kape wins unanimous decision, calls out Kai Kara-France (1:29:33)

Parker Porter joins the show for Tai Tuivasa vs. Alexander Volkov (1:33:28)

Volkov submits Tuivasa in Round 2 (1:55:00)

Ripping packs part 2 (2:04:22)

Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland (2:12:00)

Strickland knocks Adesanya down in Round 1 (2:19:41)

End of main event, Strickland wins middleweight title (2:44:45)

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On To the Next One | What's Next For Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya After UFC 293?

Sean Strickland silenced the doubters with a one-side decision win over Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 293 to become the UFC middleweight champion of the world. After a stunning upset victory, who will Strickland face in his first title defense, and will it be in a rematch against the former two-time champion?

On an all-new live edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee attempt to answer that question following Saturday's pay-per-view event and make an educated guess on where Strickland and Adesanya go from here. Addtionally, future matchups are discussed for Alexander Volkov after submitting Tai Tuivasa in the co-main event, Manel Kape after his victory in the Fight of the Night against Felipe dos Santos, along with fellow main card winners Justin Tafa, Tyson Pedro, and more.