{"id":661008,"date":"2026-05-10T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661008\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:25:09","slug":"pic-sean-strickland-shows-off-gruesome-broken-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661008\/","title":{"rendered":"Pic: Sean Strickland shows off gruesome broken nose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foul-mouthed Sean Strickland reclaimed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight title last night (Sat., May 9, 2026), defeating Khamzat Chimaev via razor-close split decision in the UFC 328 main event<\/a> inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

But the championship victory came at a painful price.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the fight, Strickland shared a graphic photo of his battered and clearly broken nose on social media \u2014 and yeah, it looks rough.<\/p>\n

This marks the second consecutive major nose injury for Strickland. The outspoken champion previously broke his nose during his rematch<\/a> against Dricus du Plessis, an injury he later claimed badly affected his performance and contributed to the lopsided loss.<\/p>\n

And the damage at UFC 328 wasn\u2019t limited to just his face.<\/p>\n

During the post-fight press conference, Strickland revealed he also suffered a Grade 1 AC joint separation<\/a> in his shoulder just four days before the fight while sparring Johnny Eblen during fight week. Despite the injury, he pushed through and managed to outlast Chimaev over five grueling rounds.<\/p>\n

Depending on the severity of the break<\/a>, Strickland\u2019s recovery could take anywhere from six to eight weeks \u2014 or longer \u2014 before he\u2019s cleared for full-contact training again.<\/p>\n

Still, the newly crowned champion likely won\u2019t mind the pain too much considering the result.<\/p>\n

Strickland (31-7) is now riding a two-fight win streak since losing to du Plessis, snapping Anthony Hernandez\u2019s lengthy winning streak and becoming the first fighter to hand Chimaev a professional loss.<\/p>\n

Not bad for a guy held together by tape and stubbornness.<\/p>\n

For complete UFC 328 results, coverage and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foul-mouthed Sean Strickland reclaimed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight title last night (Sat., May 9, 2026), defeating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,208767,139445,702,7788],"class_list":["post-661008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-328","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661008","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=661008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}