Sean Strickland revealed that he spent an entire day in Newport Beach, California, the city where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, hoping to encounter Chimaev or his team. Strickland repeatedly tagged his location on social media throughout the day, knowing that members of Chimaev's camp follow him and would see his posts. He says he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and expected someone to show up after Chimaev allegedly claimed he would try to kill Strickland on the street. Strickland stated that he is the last guy in America that Chimaev should mess with and expressed disappointment that no one came. The incident appears to be part of ongoing trash talk between the two fighters.
