![Chael Sonnen: Sean Strickland is UFC’s ‘final hope’ from ‘having to look at [Khamzat] Chimaev’ with the belt](https://wp.fifu.app/greaterusa.news/aHR0cHM6Ly9zLnlpbWcuY29tL255L2FwaS9yZXMvMS4yL0pGd3VEb0g3eVlHQjFXZS5hc3EuNlEtLS9ZWEJ3YVdROWFHbG5hR3hoYm1SbGNqdDNQVEV5TURBN2FEMDRNREE3WTJZOWQyVmljQS0tL2h0dHBzOi8vZDI5c3pqYWNob2dxd2EuY2xvdWRmcm9udC5uZXQvaW1hZ2VzLzIwMjYtMDUvZGMwMzUzZjUtMzAyYi00ZTBkLWJkZWUtZjM0NmM4Njg3ZDNk/ccac4687b372/chael-sonnen-sean-strickland-is-ufcs-final-hope-from-having-to-look-at-khamzat-chimaev-with-the-belt.webp?w=0&h=0&c=0&p=430241 "Chael Sonnen: Sean Strickland is UFC’s ‘final hope’ from ‘having to look at [Khamzat] Chimaev’ with the belt")
With Khamzat Chimaev, an elite-level wrestler is again atop the UFC middleweight division. Having tried to succeed in the same top and coming shut in his personal heyday, Chael Sonnen is aware of how troublesome it could be to unseat the present 185-pound king.
Chimaev makes his first title protection reverse former champion Sean Strickland this Saturday in UFC 328’s major occasion in Newark, New Jersey. Sonnen — a three-time title challenger and UFC Corridor of Famer — possessed a equally wrestling-heavy recreation as that of the champion. Talking Monday on “The Ariel Helwani Present,” Sonnen shared his perception that the division could possibly be on the cusp of its subsequent nice, prolonged title reign.
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