Full Send MMA<\/a>, Strickland fired back at Imavov, reminding him of the result from their first meeting.<\/p>\n\u201cListen dude, I\u2019ve moved past you,\u201d Strickland said. \u201cI\u2019ve beat you, relax. Either you get the belt or I get the belt. Once you get the belt, I\u2019ll take it from you. Once I get the belt, you\u2019ll lose to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Imavov wasn\u2019t done, as he claimed a rematch with Strickland would play out quite differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cWaste of time,\u201d Imavov wrote. \u201cHe\u2019d get tapped fast. I\u2019m next for the belt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to Strickland\u2019s victory this past Saturday, Imavov was a popular name circulating for title contention. Many now believe that Strickland\u2019s performance should earn him a shot at Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s UFC Middleweight Championship. Chimaev hasn\u2019t competed inside the Octagon since winning the 185-pound title against du Plessis back in Aug. 2025.<\/p>\n
Since the loss to Strickland, Imavov has gone 5-0, 1 NC in his last six outings. He\u2019s beaten Israel Adesanya, Caio Borralho, Brendan Allen, Jared Cannonier, and Roman Dolidze in his current stretch.<\/p>\n
If a rematch between Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov gets booked, who do you think would win this time? Join the chat in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov have exchanged words following the events of UFC Houston. Strickland hadn\u2019t been inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-494813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}