Sean Strickland returns to action on Saturday, February 22 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas against Anthony Hernandez after being out of action for just over a year.

Strickland had the MMA world fully behind him when he won the middleweight title against long-reigning champion Israel Adesanya as a 5/1 underdog.

The brash, outspoken nature of Strickland felt like a breath of fresh air to many fans, but public sentiment has since shifted to focus on his underwhelming fighting style, reports Sports News Blitz’s MMA writer Samuel Faris-Clark.