Sean Strickland spent day in Newport Beach trying to confront Chimaev's team

Sean Strickland spent an entire day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, in an apparent attempt to provoke a confrontation. Strickland repeatedly tagged his location on social media, hoping to meet up with Chimaev or his team. He referenced recent comments from Chimaev about trying to "kill" him on the street and challenged those claims by making his whereabouts public. Strickland stated he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that fighters who train with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his stories. Despite his efforts, no confrontation occurred, and Strickland expressed that he had expected Chimaev to show up.