Strickland visits Newport Beach where Chimaev trains, challenges him to meet

Sean Strickland spent the day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, and publicly challenged Chimaev to confront him. Strickland tagged his location throughout the day on social media after seeing reports that Chimaev said he would try to kill Strickland on the street. Strickland noted he was just ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that people training with Chimaev are subscribed to his social media and would have seen his posts. He stated he expected Chimaev to show up and positioned himself as "the last guy in America" Chimaev should mess with. Strickland concluded that Chimaev did not come to meet him despite the public callout.