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 responded to comments Chimaev allegedly made about trying to kill him on the street, noting he was just ten minutes from Chimaev's gym. He stated that fighters training with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his location tags. Strickland claimed he expected Chimaev to show up and positioned himself as "the last guy in America" Chimaev should mess with. The callout represents an escalation in pre-fight tensions between the two middleweights.
