MONCTON, Canada – As he headed into the last fight of his contract on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 138, Sean Strickland wanted to make a statement. “There’s so many guys that want to be UFC fighters that you have to earn your keep in this sport,” Strickland told reporters, including MMAjunkie, backstage at Avenir Centre. “And that’s all I was trying to do, is earn my keep.” Strickland sure did his part there. In a welterweight bout that closed out the night’s FS2-televised preliminary card, Strickland (20-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) became the first person to knockout Nordine Taleb (14-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) in nearly 11 years
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Fear of losing not entirely behind Sean Strickland, but UFC Moncton win is a start – MMA Junkie