Sean Strickland challenges Khamzat Chimaev after visiting his training location

Sean Strickland spent a day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev currently trains, repeatedly tagging his location on social media in hopes of encountering Chimaev's team. Strickland was responding to reports that Chimaev said he would try to kill Strickland on the street. He was located just ten minutes from Chimaev's gym throughout the day and noted that people training with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his stories. Strickland stated he is "the last guy in America" Chimaev should mess with and expressed disappointment that Chimaev didn't show up.