Sean Strickland has warned Shara Magomedov to slow his roll in response to his jibes on Saturday night.
Popular Russian star Magomedov defeated Michel Pereira in the UFC Baku co-main event, albeit after some questionable refereeing. The Brazilian is one of Strickland’s many sparring partners at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, and ‘Shara Bullet‘ used this as a chance to fire a shot at the champion.
Of course, Magomedov is still quite a distance from a title shot at middleweight and still has yet to land a top 15 ranking. And this seems to be the crux of Strickland’s argument, which he made in a brief response tweet today.
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Sean Strickland reacts to Shara Magomedov’s ‘domestic champion’ jibe
Following his victory over Michel Pereira on Saturday night, Shara Magomedov was quoted as suggesting that Sean Strickland is somehow avoiding him by staying in America. The Russian claims to have visa issues, and is also only able to fight in select states due to having just one eye.
“He’s like a domestic champion,” Magomedov told Red Corner MMA. “Just a house pet who acts like a big hero in his gym, playing the hero somewhere. For example, if they told him right now, ‘Come to Azerbaijan,’ he wouldn’t come. Simply because he’s scared. He won’t leave America now, yeah.
Shara ‘Bullet’ Magomedov says a fight with middleweight champion Sean Strickland is unlikely to happen.“He’s just a domestic champion,” Magomedov told Red Corner MMA after his victory over Michel Pereira.“If he ever comes to Abu Dhabi, he’ll ask for five security guards. But… pic.twitter.com/PTdKowme2Y— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) June 28, 2026
“And if we had to fight, he would say ‘Come to America,’ knowing that for me to go to America right now, at the moment, getting a visa isn’t working out. So, he’ll just stay a domestic champion.
“If you tell him, ‘Come to Abu Dhabi,’ he’ll probably walk around with five security guards, and even then, he likely won’t go. There are many like that over there. They go, ‘I’m not going, and that’s it. I’m an American, so I will only fight here.’”
One baffled viewer of this clip was Josh Hokit, who asked why Magomedov was taking shots at Strickland despite being unranked. “It makes me laugh,” he wrote. “Bro you fought my teammate… There are levels to…
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