Sean Strickland spent an entire day in Newport Beach, California, near where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training. Strickland repeatedly tagged his location on social media stories, attempting to provoke an in-person confrontation with Chimaev's team. He stated he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that fighters training with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his location tags. Strickland referenced Chimaev's previous comments about trying to kill him on the street, calling himself "the last guy in America" Chimaev should mess with. Despite his provocations, no confrontation occurred.
