Midnight Mania! Newly crowned UFC champion Sean Strickland breaks belt, repairs it with duct tape

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Sean Strickland is quite a lot of issues, but it surely doesn’t seem that sentimental is an apt descriptor for the newly topped UFC Middleweight champion. Lower than two full days after surprising Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in Sydney, Australia to win the belt (watch highlights), Strickland has already managed to break it.

Within the video above, Strickland demonstrates the injury, which seems to be that the metallic of one of many placards on the belt is separating from the leather-based. Naturally, Strickland turned to each handyman’s biggest ally to restore the tear: duct tape! A fast tear of the grey stuff, and it’s “good as new!”

Oddly sufficient, this injury and fast repair of the constructed goes together with Strickland’s post-fight speech, by which he implored followers to grasp that the belt doesn’t matter, it’s how one lives that’s essential. Possibly there’s larger that means right here, symbolism and efficiency artwork.

After he picked aside Adesanya, I’m keen to imagine something.

Insomnia

Attention-grabbing occasions are forward for each professional wrestling and UFC followers alike.

I want some Manel Kape venom to begin my week accurately. High participant hater in UFC proper now?

Glorious timing and good defensive duty on show right here:

Tenshin Nasukawa is simply unreasonably quick. Unbelievable velocity on his left hand!

There is no such thing as a universe the place this doesn’t find yourself being a enjoyable combat. Alex Morono’s obtained bizarre timing and sneaky energy, however can he deal with Joaquin Buckley’s mad athleticism?

Strickland’s kick protection is infamously dangerous. For him to regulate so nicely to Adesanya and actually prioritize that facet of his sport efficiently continues to be probably the most surprising a part of UFC 293 to me.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Stunning publish of the lead hand right into a cracking cross:

Yeah, this end obtained severely nasty, however there’s nice method on show right here too. Pinning the wrist has grow to be such a key technique in doing injury from mount, and it results in different nice positions just like the reward wrap too.

It’s by no means nice when a excessive kick sneaks by means of the guard.

Random Land

Simply missed it.

Midnight Music: Rock, 197171

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