Strickland spent day in Newport Beach challenging Chimaev's team to meet

Sean Strickland visited Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, and tagged his location throughout the day on social media hoping to encounter Chimaev's team. Strickland was responding to reports that Chimaev said he would try to kill him on the street. Strickland stated he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that fighters training with Chimaev, who follow him on social media, would have seen his location tags. Strickland expressed disappointment that Chimaev didn't show up, calling himself "the last guy in America" Chimaev should be confronting. The incident adds tension to their upcoming fight.