UFC Vegas 66: Strickland vs Cannonier: With his victory over Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC Fight Night 216 on Saturday, Jared Cannonier got his career back on track. At the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Cannonier (16-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC), who had earlier this year lost against Israel Adesanya in the middleweight title fight, rebounded with a split decision victory against Strickland (25-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC). Professional fighters, including Conor McGregor, responded to the match’s outcome on Twitter. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.In
A split decision to close the year!
Jared Cannonier ending 2022 with a big win on his resume #UFCVegas66 pic.twitter.com/W4vk6oZS3v
— UFC (@ufc) December 18, 2022
Here are the tweets by MMA professional fighters on the closing event of UFC.
UFC Vegas 66: Conor McGregor tweets on Strickland vs Cannonier
Conor McGregor made a series of tweets regarding Strickland vs Cannonier in the middleweight division at UFC Vegas 66. Later on, he went on to delete it.
- I’M GONNA GIVE MIDDLEWEIGHT A GO AT SOME POINT 100%.
— CONOR MCGREGOR (@THENOTORIOUSMMA) DECEMBER 18, 2022
- ME VS MIDDLE/LHW IN CERRONE CAMP. I’M SMALLER HERE THAN I AM NOW ALSO. PIC.TWITTER.COM/THEDEWIDE7
— CONOR MCGREGOR (@THENOTORIOUSMMA) DECEMBER 18, 2022
- I’D BE A BIG FRIDGE AT MIDDLEWEIGHT. BUT HOT LIKE OVEN SAME TIME, YE KNOW YOURSELF, CATCH IT ON PPV. DON’T KNOW THO. IT BE HARD WORK. THOSE ROUNDS AGAINST THOSE MIDDLE/LHW, THEY WERE ALTERNATING FRESH EACH ROUND. I’VE PUT IN PSYCHO WORK DOING THIS JOB OVER THE YEARS.
— CONOR MCGREGOR (@THENOTORIOUSMMA) DECEMBER 18, 2022
Other fighters tweet on the main event
Cannonier just missing #ufc
— Bill Algeo (@ElSenorPerfecto) December 18, 2022
Close round, i edge round 1 to strickland #ufc
— Sam Alvey (@smilensam) December 18, 2022
Wow POWER Vs PRECISION who will take it? @ufc #UFCVegas66
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) December 18, 2022
Jared needs to keep kicking the legs
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) December 18, 2022
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Strickland is pissed, but he should’ve showed more urgency. 49-46 going opposite ways, weird cards again. @VerdictMMA what you got?
— Funky (@Benaskren) December 18, 2022
Solid fight . Crazy score cards ! #UFCVegas66
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) December 18, 2022
Strickland vs Cannonier Scorecard
#UFCVegas66 Official Scorecard: Jared Cannonier vs Sean Strickland 👇
All Tonight’s Scorecards ➡️ https://t.co/Y2mlGJwYfd pic.twitter.com/fzVK4Hh3Vx
— UFC News (@UFCNews) December 18, 2022
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