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Farah Hannoun

Michael Bisping open to Sean Strickland UFC title shot vs. Israel Adesanya, says trash talk ‘would be phenomenal’

Sean Strickland Israel Adesanya Michael Bisping UFC Robert Whittaker Abus Magomedov Dricus du Plessis

UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping has made a case for Sean Strickland to get the next shot at middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.

Strickland (27-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) stopped Abus Magomedov (25-5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) by second-round TKO this past Saturday in the UFC on ESPN 47 headliner. Strickland called for a title shot against Adesanya, who awaits his next challenger for the UFC 293 card in September in Sydney.

A pivotal middleweight clash between former champion Robert Whittaker and rising contender Dricus Du Plessis takes place Saturday at UFC 290. If Whittaker beats Du Plessis, Bisping doesn’t mind seeing Strickland get the next title shot.

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