Experience meets potential when Sean Strickland welcomes Abus Magomedov to the main event scene at UFC on ESPN 48.
Strickland has been on the UFC roster for a long time at this point. He made his debut all the way back in 2014 and will serve as a headliner for the fifth time in his career.
Conversely, Magomedov is a relative newcomer to the UFC roster. He knocked out Dustin Stoltzfus in the first round of his UFC debut and is now getting launched into a headlining fight against a seasoned veteran in Strickland.
It either says a lot about what the UFC thinks of Magomedov or how much they want Strickland to be a player in the middleweight division.