Top Middleweight Moments of 2023

Take a look back at must-see middleweight moments from 2023 delivered by Octagon stars, Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya and more!

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[thearyaputra]

Thank you D'Sean Strickland for winning the belt. You've proved to everyone that MMA really is a crazy sport and there will always be uncertainty involving the underdogs. 💪🏻

[AT-hqgc]

Strickland literally made my week. I was buzzin all week after he won that belt.

[billjose]

Seeing Strickland walking back to the locker room suddenly made me realize how truly amazing this must be for him after the brutal journey he's been through. I love that he said the belt doesn't mean anything compared to a fulfilling family and home life, even though you could see that child in him was totally stoked about being the champ.

[Robedpillow]

Strickland walking down Adesanya in the last seconds of the 5th round was the best moment in the UFC this year.

[Pn]

Dricus finishing Whittaker is legitimately something I never thought I’d see. Crazy sport.

[isaacramirez]

Should’ve showed Sean dropping Adesanya with the right hand.

[hanjiang]

i think its funny how they didn't show strickland beating izzy, just that sean got the belt

[ontherun]

Just a coincidence they showed zero highlights of Strickland vs adesanya

[DrK]

I love how Izzy begged Sean not to mock him the post fight interview. If it was the other way around izzy definitely would’ve done a cringe celebration and mocked Sean. I’m so happy Sean won he is already such a great champ

[addone]

Of course the ufc's not gonna show Sean knocking Izzy down In the first. Protecting Izzy at all cost

[BlackRiceBIGN]

sean stole izzy's belt and fans all in enemy territory. LEGEND

[vercingetorix]

Every minute of Strickland's most recent win was bigger than any minute of any fight shown here. Sad for no highlights.

[thewretch]

Strickland's win is one of the best moments in UFC history

[thelifeofjustsomeguy]

Weird how they didn’t show stricklands knock down and almost ko of izzy in the first round, just cut to him being champ 😂😂

[AHighlander]

Strickland not only becoming champion, but the way he did it, might be the biggest upset in UFC history.

[MrWolfchamp-xicu]

That DDP finishing sequence against Rob was really cool.

Hit him with a 10 piece

They really should have shown the beginning of it with the jab that dropped him tho

[ko_combat]

3:39 Notice how they don’t show Sean Strickland knocking down Izzy, but all of the other fights on the list shows the big highlights. Crazy the favoritism towards Izzy. 😂

[Dondlo]

Thank you Sean for becoming everybody's champion and inspiring lot of us to do the man dance, this fight will stay as my favorite of all time

[VictorLugosi]

Strickland did it for South Africa 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Night-Jester]

Not that long ago I thought I disliked Strickland. Now I can't get enough of the guy. Him winning made my month.