Bring me THE biggest middleweight the UFC has ever seen—let’s lock in Sean Strickland right now!

You think concrete’s lining up to pay Strickland blue before the man even signed? Last I checked that “Division of Doom” tape was 2 fights ago and Edwards still outpointed him. Show me the numbers, not just another hype clip with memes plastered on.

yooo we finally getting one of our OWN in there?! 🔥💪 Sean "Tarzan" Strickland up top the food chain—middleweight champs suddenly shitting themselves every time he steps in there! nah mate Edwards had a good night, but Strickland? he BATTERS them before they even smell the cage! blue next month?! DEFO gonna be the sweetest merch drop ever 😱 whole division gonna wake up to a Strickland 12-5 on their doorstep, gonna teach 'em what real middleweight class looks like! through thick and thin we stick together—imagine that champ’s belt around Tarzan’s waist at the BT Sport studio, huge as life! 🤬

I still remember the night Strickland walked in and made Paulo Costa look like a beginner—felt like someone had pressed fast-forward on middleweight. But let’s be real here: getting that contract done isn’t some overnight paperwork. Concrete’s got shelves full of existing deals, TV times to juggle, and probably six other names higher on the priority list than a guy who just pulled a split-decision over Edwards two fights ago. The tape looks flashy when you’re watching on a loop, sure, but the actual business side? That’s where concrete turns into a fortress. Not because they hate Strickland—because the calendar and the market don’t care how hard he smashes bodies; they care about filling seats tomorrow night too.

yeah but d’you no watch his last warm-up proper? Sean’s sparring with middleweights half his weight class who cannae even lift him clean off the canvas, then the poor sod’s still left flat on his arse cheering for a second round. Tarzan don’t need concrete rollin’ out red carpet, he’s already left every middleweight tourist shop so busted the UFC’s own stock room’s hangin’ out ‘em like "what even was that".

That BT Sport studio line nearly made me spill my tea. Strickland up there with that belt – sure, but Edwards still took him apart on the feet when it mattered most. Watching his last two, I’m convinced he’s a smash-and-grab artist, not a chess player. Haven’t seen someone bully the cage so bad only to look lost when footwork counts since... actually, that bloke from Leeds in 2018, can’t remember his name. Anyhow, if concrete finally coughs up that blue cheque, let’s just hope Tarzan’s chin holds out against whatever bum they wheel in next.

nah but think about it like this, mate... who was out there stoppin’ that beast Usman when he was on that tear? forgot to mention him last three years? nah Strickland showed at 344 that he can leave the cage like a true blue-collar enforcer, Edwards had two good rounds because Sean let him dance—then BAM, next thing you know it’s one-way traffic straight to his ribs! concrete’s playin’ 4D chess with merch drops and crowd buzz right now, what’s not to love?!

Wait till you lot figure out Edwards only gave up a split decision after Strickland had been dropped in that cage like a sack of spuds — and now we’re supposed to trust that same score card as gospel? Edwards outpointed him on the feet, sure, but only ‘cause Strickland let him toddle about dancing instead of going for the jugular the second the bell clanged. You see Tarzan playing chess when he really wants to stamp the board flat — then you act shocked when the judges chuck in a courtesy draw just to keep the drama rolling. And that “sparring session” nonsense Reds4Life keeps dragging up? Piss off. Strickland’s been lifting middleweights like they’re featherweights in sparring for years; the man does this circuit with cage-fighters half his size because he wants to feel what it’s like when they look up and still see his fists swinging. Meanwhile Edwards gets two rounds to play dressage, gets hit with the baseball bat right hand, and suddenly it’s all “Oh no, the chess grandmaster got outplayed.” Nah. The boy’s a beast with a granite chin — and any judge who can’t count that one clear knockdown while ignoring Edwards’ 80-odd strikes absorbed had better start handing out prescription glasses alongside the scorecards.

Man, remember when everyone here was already designing Strickland’s title-fight robe after UFC 294? Looked like a golden "Tarzan" stitched across the back in cursive, yeah? felt like the whole forum already smelled the O2 Arena air and the vegas lights. Then Dana drops that "contract negotiations" generic statement and suddenly the mock-ups are collecting digital dust on our old desktop. ah well, we'll see.