Michael Bisping believes Anthony Hernandez could make a drastic change after his UFC Houston loss to Sean Strickland.
Hernandez suffered a third-round TKO loss to Strickland in a fight he entered as a sizable favorite. Many expected Hernandez to get the job done and enter the title conversation at middleweight, yet it was Strickland who got the job done. Strickland landed a big body shot that hurt Hernandez before swarming him with strikes to get the stoppage.
Following the loss, Bisping believes Hernandez should drop down to welterweight as he doesn’t think ‘Fluffy’ is a true middleweight.
“‘Fluffy’ could probably make welterweight, that’s my honest opinion,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel on Monday. “He could probably make welterweight because he’s not the most hard-bodied, maybe a little soft-bodied, and I think maybe that’s hence the nickname ‘Fluffy.’ He needs to maybe work on that because he could be a champion, certainly in the welterweight division, certainly at middleweight, because the man was on a ridiculous eight-fight winning streak. But you’ve got to make the sacrifices.”
Whether or not Hernandez can actually make welterweight is another question. However, Bisping believes judging based on his body size, he believes ‘Fluffy’ could make 170lbs and thrive at the weight class.
Anthony Hernandez vows to return after loss to Sean Strickland
Before the loss to Strickland, Hernandez had won eight straight fights and looked like a future title contender.
Yet, following the loss at UFC Houston, Hernandez believes he will come back even better from this defeat.
“First things first, thank you guys so much everyone who came out,” Hernandez said on his Instagram. “Showing me a lot of love, that was f*cking awesome. Players f*ck up. I mean, I was on an eight-fight win streak. Felt like things were going smooth until I got hit with a f*cking body shot. Shit happens. Part of the game. Took six years for someone to finally beat me. I’ll be back.”
Anthony Hernandez is now 15-3 and one NC as a pro following the loss, and is 9-3 in the UFC.
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