Sean Strickland was in Newport Beach, California, the location where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training. Throughout the day, Strickland tagged his location on social media stories, hoping to encounter Chimaev's team. Strickland addressed reports of Chimaev saying he would try to kill him on the street, challenging him to show up since he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym. Strickland noted that people training with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his location tags. He declared himself "the last guy in America" Chimaev should mess with and expressed disappointment that Chimaev didn't come to confront him.
