Unranked Shara Magomedov bizarrely suggests Sean Strickland is ducking him after UFC Baku

Shara Magomedov doubts he’ll get a shot on the UFC middleweight title anytime soon.

‘Bullet’ edged out a unanimous decision win over Michel Pereira at UFC Baku on Saturday.

24 hours later, the unranked 185lb fighter has accused the division’s champion of ducking him.

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Shara Magomedov rips ‘domestic champion’ Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland is aiming to defend his UFC middleweight belt before the top of 2026.

A fight with Shara Magomedov isn’t on his radar since the Russian fighter is nowhere near title contention.

The one-eyed ‘Pirate’ has never fought within the US, presumably because he can’t get medically cleared.

Magomedov believes Strickland will exclusively fight in America moving forward to avoid facing him.

“I don’t even wish to hassle, he’s only a windbag, brother,” he told Red Corner MMA on Sunday.

“His time will come, and we’ll meet within the cage. The cage will show all the pieces, yes. Right away, he’s just talking trash, so what? What am I speculated to do, go to America to chase him or something?

“He’s like a domestic champion, brother. Only a house pet who acts like a giant hero in his gym, playing the hero somewhere. For instance, in the event that they told him right away, ‘Come to Azerbaijan,’ he wouldn’t come. Just because he’s scared. He won’t leave America now, yeah.

“And if we needed to fight, he would say ‘Come to America,’ knowing that for me to go to America right away, in the mean time, getting a visa isn’t figuring out. So, he’ll just stay a domestic champion. In case you tell him, ‘Come to Abu Dhabi,’ he’ll probably walk around with five security guards, and even then, he likely won’t go.

“There are a lot of like that over there. They go, ‘I’m not going, and that’s it. I’m an American, so I’ll only fight here.’”

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Shara Magomedov’s UFC Baku win hit by controversy

Shara Magomedov overcame an early knockdown to earn three 29-28 scorecards from the cageside judges at UFC Baku.

Many consider the fight would’ve been scored a draw if Herb Dean did his job accurately throughout the night’s co-main event.

Alex Pereira branded the referee a ‘coward’ for failing to penalize Magomedov for repeatedly pulling Michel Pereira’s hair.

Tom Aspinall also voiced his frustration at Dean, who gave several warnings without taking some extent from the fouling fighter.

Michel Pereira has claimed the results of his UFC Baku fight was ‘compromised’ by poor officiating.

One indignant fan created a petition to get Dean banned from the UFC, which has been shared by ‘Poatan’ and Magomedov’s disgruntled opponent.