Swedish fighter Jack Hermansson is looking to fire himself into title contention with an early finish against Sean Strickland at UFC Fight Night 200 this Saturday.
Hermansson, 33, sits sixth in the UFC's middleweight rankings, with Strickland a place below him. With Derek Brunson and Jared Cannonier ahead of him in the rankings and set to fight next week, Hermansson is eager to prove a point.
Brunson and Cannonier better bring it because if not I'm just going to skip the line with a great finish," he said.
"There are so many scenarios that can propel me up into a title fight and, if not, I'm probably just one fight from that anyway. I feel like a win over Sean definitely puts me into title contention.
"[Strickland is] going to try to get me into his boxing game. That's where he excels and what he likes to do. I'm going to be doing everything else - I'm going to hit and move and hit him without getting hit and just be unpredictable."
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