Sean Strickland spent the day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, deliberately tagging his location throughout the day on social media. Strickland was responding to comments Chimaev allegedly made about trying to kill him on the street. He stated he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that fighters training with Chimaev are subscribed to his account and would have seen his stories. Strickland said he expected Chimaev to show up but he never did. He declared himself "the last guy in America" Chimaev should be confronting and challenged him to back up his words.
