Sean Strickland was forced to misinform a physician after Kamaru Usman handed him 10-8s in numerous rounds

In 2017, Kamaru Usman recorded a one-sided win over the present UFC middleweight champion.

Dricus du Plessis’s coach believes they’ll get a title shot in the event that they bounce back into the win column on July 18 and prove a degree to the UFC.

Usman hung out campaigning for a fight with Islam Makhachev before it became clear that the promotion was entering into a distinct direction.

Considering a few of the fights he already has under his belt, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ could suddenly be within the title picture at 185-pounds if he defeats ‘Stillknocks’ in Oklahoma City.

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Sean Strickland backtracked on telling his coach he couldn’t see in one-sided Kamaru Usman loss

In his fifth UFC outing, Kamaru Usman was tasked with ending the three-fight win streak of current middleweight champion Sean Strickland.

The 2 men met at UFC 210 in Buffalo, Latest York, with ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ entering the bout as the favourite.

Usman proved that the chances makers had made the fitting call by dominating Strickland in the primary round.

He controlled the American along with his grappling and did significant damage around his opponent’s left eye, earning him a 10-8 round on judge Dave Tirelli’s scorecard.

It was highlighted on commentary that Strickland wasn’t hiding that he was having vision issues one bit, which only worsened when Usman caught him with an enormous looping right hand to drop him within the second.

Following one other 10-8 round, this time on Jeff Mullen’s card, Strickland clearly told his coach before the beginning of the third that he couldn’t see out of his left eye.

He modified his tune when the doctor approached him so as to prevent the fight from being stopped.

Strickland said he could see out of the attention and when he was questioned on why he was squinting a lot, he replied, “It’s swollen, sorry.”

One other clear round for Usman resulted in unanimous scorecards of 30-27, 30-26, and 30-26.