Sean Strickland calls out Khamzat Chimaev after visiting Newport Beach training area

Sean Strickland spent the day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, and openly tagged his location throughout the day hoping to encounter Chimaev's team. Strickland responded to comments Chimaev allegedly made about wanting to kill him on the street, challenging the Swedish fighter to meet him. 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 called himself the last person in America that Chimaev should be confronting, expressing disappointment that Chimaev didn't show up. The post escalates the pre-fight tension between the two middleweights.