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UFC 293 results: Sean Stricklan shook up the world!!

Published

September 10, 2023

UFC 293 results. Photo via UFC

UFC 293 just took place at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, and had a middleweight title bout serving as the headliner.

In perhaps the biggest upset in UFC history, Sean Strickland defeated Israel Adesanya over five rounds to win the promotion’s middleweight title.

The American pressured from the start and walked Adesanya down for 25 minutes, and was even close to finishing the fight in the first round as he floored his opponent with a heavy right hand and poured on punches against the cage.

SCENES IN SYDNEY AS THE CHAMPION IS ROCKED! 🤯

Sean Strickland just dropped Israel Adesanya to close out the first round! #UFC293 pic.twitter.com/LOBfwcOCWe

— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) September 10, 2023

After five rounds of action, the judges had Strickland winning the fight via unanimous decision with 49-46 on the scorecards.

“Am I fucking dreaming?” Strickland said in the post-fight interview.

“Never in a million years would I thought I’d be here. Izzy’s a bad motherfucker. He’s beat the majority of my friends and even I was kind of doubting myself at times.”

“I worked my ass off. I give up so many brain cells to the MMA gods everyday. This is the first time I’m at a loss for words.”

STRICKLAND SHOCKS THE WORLD 😱@SStricklandMMA defeats Adesanya by unanimous decision to become the NEW middleweight champ!

[ #UFC293 | B2YB @Manscaped ] pic.twitter.com/QyhUWQFj3k

— UFC (@ufc) September 10, 2023

Anton Turkalj lost third straight fight

The main card also featured Swedish light heavyweight Anton Turkalj who took on Tyson Pedro.

The Swede started with pressure and landed hard leg kicks but Pedro came back with leg kicks of his own. Two minutes into the round Pedro landed heavy right hands that dropped Turkalj and the referee stepped in to stop the fight.

Post-fight bonuses

The Fight of the Night bonus went to the flyweight battle between Manel Kape and Felipe dos Santos, while the Performance of the Night bonuses went to Sean Strickland and Justin Tafa.

Check out the official UFC results below!

Official UFC 293 results

Main Card

Sean Strickland def. Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision (49-46 x3)
Alexander Volkov def. Tai Tuivasa via submission (Ezekiel choke) (R2, 4:37)
Manel Kape def. Felipe dos Santos via UD (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Justin Tafa def. Austen Lane via first-round TKO (1:22)
Tyson Pedro def. Anton Turkalj via first-round KO (2:12)

Prelims

Carlos Ulberg def. Da Un Jung via submission (RNC) (R3, 4:49)
Chepe Mariscal def. Jack Jenkins via second-round TKO (3:19) (elbow injury)
Jamie Mullarkey def. John Makdessi via UD (29-28 x3)
Nasrat Haqparast def. Landon Quinones via UD (30-27 x3) Charlie Radtke def. Blood Diamond via UD (29-27 x3)
Gabriel Miranda def. Shane Young via submission (RNC) – Round 1, 0:59
Kevin Jousset def. Kiefer Crosbie via submission (RNC) – Round 1, 4:49

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