Sean Strickland spent a day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, and repeatedly tagged his location on social media. Strickland stated he was responding to reports that Chimaev said he would try to kill him on the street. The former champion claimed he was within ten minutes of Chimaev's gym all day and that fighters training with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his stories. Strickland expressed disappointment that Chimaev did not show up, calling himself the last person in America that Chimaev should threaten. The post represents an escalation in the ongoing verbal feud between the two middleweights.
