"I'll torture you throughout 5R."" 8th consecutive challenger, 'Former champion' "will make TKO"... Striker-Wrestler exciting middleweight matchup [UFC]

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"Winning by wrestling" vs "torture throughout 5 rounds"

Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland (34, USA) and emerging powerhouse Anthony Hernandez (32, USA), who is winning eight consecutive games, will clash.

UFC will hold 'UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Hernandez' at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on the 22nd (Korea time). In the main event, UFC middleweight third-ranked Sean Strickland (29-7) and fourth-ranked Anthony Hernandez (15-2, 1 invalid) will compete in a showdown that cannot be withdrawn.

He returned a year after losing the title match. Strickland lost to then-champion Driquis du Plessy at UFC 312 in February last year. Unlike the first game, which suffered a split decision loss, it was a complete defeat. Strickland returns to the Octagon after a full reorganization, such as dealing with injuries and enjoying vacation. The goal is to recapture the champion belt.

Hernandez is the most powerful fighter in middleweight right now. With eight consecutive wins, he currently has the most consecutive wins in the middleweight division. He proved he deserves to be in the top five by beating Brendan Allen in fifth place and Dolize in 11th place. All that remains is to prove that he is qualified to challenge the title by beating the former champion.

Both players are pressure fighters, but their main specialties are different. Strickland is a volumetric strike that pokes a lot of punches as he moves forward. He has the most effective hits (1465) in UFC middleweight history. Hernandez, on the other hand, is a wrestler. Made the most takedowns (54) in UFC middleweight history. Based on infinite physical strength, he suffocates the opponent on the ground and finishes. It is so hot that the finish rate reaches 80%.

Strickland is ready to take on Hernandez's wrestling. Strickland is a well-wound fighter who used to wrestle a lot until the middle of his UFC career. "I wrestled a lot more than I hit in training camp," he said, "and I think I'll beat Hernandez with grappling." "This game will be a fifth-round grappling match, and I will TKO him in the fourth and fifth rounds," he stressed.

Hernandez is also confident. In the fifth round match, his strength, which is his greatest strength, can shine more. "In the fifth round, I have more time to torture my opponent," he said. That's why I'm a dangerous fighter." "I think I'm the best in the world and I have the qualifications to be a champion," he said, expressing confidence, "I'll finish everyone."

Ko Seok-hyun (32), a welterweight (77.1kg) fighter who was originally scheduled to participate in this competition, was absent from the competition due to a fractured rib. Ko Seok-hyun's opponent, "Coby" Jacoby Smith (30, USA) will face Harrell (27, USA) after a pinch-hitter.

At the comain event, the welterweight ranking 12th "Hands of Steel" Jeff Neil (35, USA) and "The Doctor" Uros Medici (32, Serbia) will face off. Neil is a powerful hitter with a 75% finish rate, nicknamed "stone fist." Medici trained with "Stern Gun" Kim Dong-hyun and Ko Seok-hyun and is widely known to domestic fans, and has won two consecutive KOs.

The main card of "UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Hernandez" will be broadcast live on tvN SPORTS and TVING from 10 a.m. on the 22nd.

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