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Sean Strickland Cliff Dare: Friend's Near-Drowning

Sean Strickland Cliff Dare: Friend's Near-Drowning

Aug 08, 2026 · athlete-behavior, athlete-safety
On July 30-31, Sean Strickland posted Instagram Stories filming a cliff-diving incident that started as content and ended with someone's life in actual danger. The setup was standard influencer material: a group of friends at a scenic location, a dare, and a camera rolling.
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Moneyberg Lost His Defamation Case, Still Suing Strickland

Moneyberg Lost His Defamation Case, Still Suing Strickland

Jun 20, 2026 · combat-sports, defamation
When you lose a defamation case after five years of litigation, most people accept it. Derek Moneyberg apparently did not get that memo.
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Strickland Says He Stood Up to His Abusive Father at 13 — That's the Fight He's Been Having Ever Since

Strickland Says He Stood Up to His Abusive Father at 13 — That's the Fight He's Been Having Ever Since

Jun 16, 2026 · athlete-backstory, khamzat-chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev posted a photo of Sean Strickland alongside his father and wrote: "You can cry that's okay… your father make you a girl." This is the same button Dricus du Plessis pressed at their presser — which is how du Plessis ended up getting rushed. Chimaev either didn't read that story, read
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Islam Makhachev Has No BJJ Black Belt But Knows Exactly Which MMA Fighters' Black Belts Are Fake

Islam Makhachev Has No BJJ Black Belt But Knows Exactly Which MMA Fighters' Black Belts Are Fake

Jun 13, 2026 · belt-credentialing, bjj-black-belt
Islam Makhachev doesn't have a BJJ black belt. His grappling came up through combat sambo — world champion in 2016 — and Russian wrestling.
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Chimaev Lost His Title Saturday and Still Had to Honor His Wrestling Match Three Weeks Later

Chimaev Lost His Title Saturday and Still Had to Honor His Wrestling Match Three Weeks Later

Jun 03, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev walked into the Prudential Center as a 13-0 UFC middleweight champion carrying something most title challengers don't: a pre-existing wrestling commitment he'd signed six weeks earlier. When he walked out that Saturday night—May 15, to be exact—as a 13-1 former champion with a split-
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Joe Rogan Said Chimaev Has Been Winning Because He Hasn't Wrestled Anyone — Burns And Usman Were The Real Tests

Joe Rogan Said Chimaev Has Been Winning Because He Hasn't Wrestled Anyone — Burns And Usman Were The Real Tests

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, gilbert-burns
Joe Rogan spent part of episode 2487 of his podcast, released April 22 with Action Bronson, explaining that Khamzat Chimaev was, in fact, a freak. Then he spent the rest of it explaining why we didn't actually know how big a freak yet.
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Khamzat Chimaev Lost His Middleweight Belt and Decided Light Heavyweight Was the Answer

Khamzat Chimaev Lost His Middleweight Belt and Decided Light Heavyweight Was the Answer

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev experienced something he hadn't tasted before in his professional career: a loss. And not just any loss—a split decision defeat to Sean Strickland, a 4-to-1 underdog, at UFC 328 in Newark.
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Strickland's 76% Takedown Defense vs Chimaev's 55% Takedown Success — What The UFC 328 Math Actually Showed

Strickland's 76% Takedown Defense vs Chimaev's 55% Takedown Success — What The UFC 328 Math Actually Showed

Jun 01, 2026 · grappling, khamzat-chimaev
When UFC 328 went down at the Prudential Center in Newark on May 9, the betting line told one story while the grappling stats told another. Sean Strickland was a +310 underdog at FanDuel heading in.
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