UFC analyst: Sean Strickland only middleweight who can beat Khamzat Chimaev

Din Thomas believes Sean Strickland can pull off the upset against UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev . Chimaev (15-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) is a big favorite over Strickland (30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC) heading into their UFC 328 main event, which takes place May 9 in Newark, N. J.

( Paramount+ ). But after Strickland finished Anthony Hernandez by TKO at UFC Fight Night 267 , UFC analyst Thomas is starting to believe fans could be in for a surprise. "Sean looked so good in his last fight that I believe he's capable of beating Chimaev, and he might be the only middleweight on the planet right now that's capable of beating Chimaev," Thomas told MMA Junkie.

"If we had Nassourdine (Imavov), for as great as he is, in my head I couldn't see it happening. But I can see Sean Strickland doing it. He looked sharp as hell in his last fight.

He looked amazing in his last fight. If he can carry that over in this fight, he might beat Chimaev. So, that's intriguing to me.