Sean Strickland visits Newport Beach near Chimaev's gym, waits for confrontation

Sean Strickland spent the day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, and publicly tagged his location throughout the day hoping to encounter Chimaev's team. Strickland was responding to comments where Chimaev allegedly said he would try to kill Strickland on the street. Strickland emphasized 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 stories. He stated he expected Chimaev to show up but he never did. Strickland declared himself the last guy in America that Chimaev should be confronting. The incident adds another layer to the ongoing rivalry between the two fighters.