About this episode

The episode discusses Sean Strickland's victory over Khamzat Chimaev and analyzes various fights from UFC 328.

Sean Strickland has beaten the two hardest puzzles in his MMA era: Israel Adesanya and Khamzat Chimaev. Now we look at why he beat Chimaev... Chapters: 0:00 Sean Strickland vs Khamzat Chimaev reaction 9:12 Joshua Van vs Tatsuro Taira reaction 14:38 Alexander Volkov vs Waldo Cortes Acosta reaction 16:34 Sean Brady vs Joaquin Buckley reaction 20:26 Yaroslav Amosov vs Joel Alvarez reaction Khamzat Chimaev always had issues. People wanted to ignore that but they were always there. Sean Strickland had the right answers and asked the proper questions of Khamzat Chimaev. At the end of the day, we all knew deep down that Khamzat Chimaev had cardio issues. Some were just jaded by the Dricus Du Plessis win and thought Sean Strickland would do the same. Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira put on a banger of a show. Tatsuro Taira aimed to become the first Japanese champion in UFC history but came up short. Joshua Van had all the answers for the grappling of Tatsuro Taira. His grappling and ability to get up is what won him this fight. Joshua Van now has to fight Alexandre Pantoja, the man he won the title from. Alexander Volkov is an interesting case. He’s not exciting anymore. He’s developed a…

People in this episode

Host: Blaine Henry

Topics covered

• UFC 328 reaction
• Khamzat Chimaev analysis
• Sean Strickland performance
• MMA fight breakdown
• Joshua Van vs Tatsuro Taira
• Alexander Volkov strategy

Keywords

• UFC 328
• Khamzat Chimaev
• Sean Strickland
• MMA analysis
• Joshua Van
• Tatsuro Taira
• Alexander Volkov
• fight breakdown

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UFC, Dricus Du Plessis, Alexandre Pantoja

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