Sean Strickland spent day in Newport Beach near Chimaev's gym, challenging him

Sean Strickland was 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 stated he was responding to something he saw 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 continuously posted his location on social media, knowing that people who train with Chimaev follow him and would see his stories. Strickland expressed that he expected Chimaev to show up and declared himself the last guy in America that Chimaev should mess with. He concluded by noting that Chimaev never came.