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Sean Strickland has gained the Final Preventing Championship’s 185-pound championship for the second time in his profession, defeating Khamzat Chimaev by way of cut up resolution in a bout that by no means rose to the extent of vitriol and threats of violence exterior the cage that each fighters engaged in prematurely of the principle occasion of UFC 328.
Strickland gained two scorecards 48-47, whereas Chimaev took the third scorecard at 48-47 in entrance of a crowd of 17,783 followers on the Prudential Heart on Saturday.
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Strickland, the second former middleweight to regain the title, mimed placing the belt round his waist after the fifth spherical ended to wrap up a combat the place neither fighter ever appeared in severe hazard. He had assist together with his shiny new trend accent when Chimaev did the honours for him contained in the cage.
UFC beefed up safety at motels, public occasions, and across the cage for the combat following one of many extra loathsome shows – particularly, from Strickland – of trash speak in latest combat historical past. Strickland threatened to shoot Chimaev and labelled him a “terrorist” due to his ties to Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov.
Chimaev, who misplaced for the primary time in 16 skilled fights, is of Chechen ethnicity and fights below the United Arab Emirates banner. He had countered by saying he would “take off” Strickland’s head.
The fighters tapped gloves to begin the combat to show they had been professionals, and the prefight hostilities by no means spilled over into the cage.
The 35-year-old Strickland, who gained the 185-pound (84kg) belt in September 2023 and misplaced it in his first title defence, apologised after the combat to followers of all ethnicities and acknowledged he “went too onerous” in weaponising stereotypes to promote the combat.
UFC held its final main card earlier than its June 14 present on the White Home, hosted by United States President Donald Trump.
The present – what UFC CEO Dana White dubbed a “1 of 1 occasion” – is timed for Trump’s eightieth birthday and as a part of the nation’s 250th anniversary. Trump, who regularly attends main UFC occasions, didn’t attend the occasion in New Jersey.
Van retains flyweight title in co-main occasion
Joshua Van mauled Tatsuro Taira right into a bloody mess within the co-main occasion and defended his 125-pound (56.6 kg) title within the first UFC title combat contested between two Asian fighters.
Van dominated with superior boxing expertise and gained by way of stoppage at 1:32 of spherical 5, with the group roaring in his first title defence since he beat Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 323.
Van (17-2) seized management within the second spherical with a violent proper hand to the jaw for the knockdown, and he repeatedly bashed Taira (18-2) within the face. Van failed to complete the spherical however continued to tear pictures all through the remaining rounds to the face and physique, leaving Taira’s face and chest smeared with blood.
Van and Taira marked the primary time UFC has held a title combat with each rivals born within the 2000s.
The 24-year-old Van, of Myanmar, has gained seven straight fights and 10 of 11 since he signed with UFC – and few had been greater than within the co-main occasion of UFC’s eleventh cease in Newark.
Taira failed in his try to grow to be the primary Japanese fighter to grow to be a UFC champion.
In different fights of notice on the principle card, Sean Brady defeated Joaquin Buckley by way of unanimous resolution; King Inexperienced choked out Jeremy Stephens; and Alexander Volkov defeated Waldo Cortes-Acosta by way of unanimous resolution.
Miller wins first combat since teenage son’s most cancers combat
On the undercard, 42-year-old Jim Miller used a submission victory to spice up his report totals for UFC fights and profession victories in his first return to the cage since his teenage son beat a uncommon type of childhood most cancers.
A New Jersey native, Miller defeated Jared Gordon in a light-weight bout at UFC 328 with a rear-naked choke at 3:29 of the primary spherical, together with his household cheering him on from the Prudential Heart. Miller prolonged his report with 28 profession wins in 47 fights below the UFC banner.
Miller additionally earned his twentieth end, the second most in UFC historical past.
Wyatt Miller, 14, was identified final 12 months with rhabdomyosarcoma, a uncommon kind of most cancers that begins as a development of cells in smooth tissue and is extra frequent in childhood. Wyatt underwent two programs of chemotherapy and 5 weeks of proton radiation at Rutgers College Most cancers Institute and was finally given a clear invoice of well being.
“My son went by some actually tough occasions the final couple of months,” Miller stated contained in the octagon.
“He’s all good immediately. He’s cancer-free. One of many issues I informed him when he first obtained identified was, Millers have been known as quite a lot of names over time, however fragile’s by no means been one in all them. He fought his approach by it.”
His son’s most cancers scare saved Miller out of the cage for 13 months, an eternity for a fighter who made a behavior of competing a number of occasions a 12 months. Miller misplaced to Chase Hooper in his final combat at UFC 314 in April 2025.
