Roundtable: Is Sean Strickland’s Stunner Over Israel Adesanya The Biggest Upset Ever?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Sean Strickland is the UFC middleweight champion. Yes, with a few days to process it, we can officially confirm: That actually happened. But where does Strickland's UFC 293 stunner over Israel Adesanya sit in the pantheon of all-time great UFC upsets? MMA Fighting's Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee, Jed Meshew, and Steven Marrocco look back at 30 years of chaos to debate where Strickland's coronation ranks within the context of UFC history. Follow Shaun Al-Shatti @ShaunAlShatti Follow Alexander K. Lee @AlexanderKLee Follow Jed Meshew @JedKMeshew Follow Steven Marrocco @MMAFightingSM Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	You're listening to the Vox Media podcast network.
0:48.9	What is up, my friends?
0:49.9	Hope you're all out there.
0:51.6	Having a nice little start to your week, you already know my name is Sean O'Shaadi and
0:56.0	we've got the whole gang here.
0:58.0	Jed Meshou, even a little royal double dose, the principal positivity Alexander Kaylee
1:02.9	and the Prince of Darkness, Steven Morocco.
1:05.8	And y'all, we are here on this morning to talk upsets because as we wake up on Tuesday,
1:12.0	I swear to God, somehow, some way.
1:15.6	This is true.
1:16.6	Sean Strickland is still sitting right here in front of us as the UFC middleweight champion
1:20.9	of the world.
1:21.9	This man, this man who was a reluctant plan B for the UFC, the guy who the U.S.
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