Chimaev clarifies he won't kill Strickland, says it would be haram

In an interview with Adam Zubairayev, Hamzat Chimaev addressed fan speculation about his upcoming fight with Sean Strickland. When asked if security would need to separate them if he got Strickland in a submission, Chimaev explained that he doesn't want to kill anyone because it would be haram (forbidden in Islam). He clarified that he's not planning to kill Strickland, joking that even if he wanted to, they wouldn't let him do it anyway. Chimaev distinguished between street fighting, where anything could happen, and cage fighting, which is a sport with rules and regulations.