Strickland spends day in Newport Beach near Chimaev's gym, no confrontation

Sean Strickland spent an entire day in Newport Beach, California, where Khamzat Chimaev is currently training, and publicly tagged his location throughout the day on social media. Strickland explained he was responding to reports that Chimaev claimed he would "try to kill" Strickland on the street, and wanted to give him the opportunity to confront him. He noted he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that Chimaev's training partners follow him on social media, so Chimaev should have known where he was. Strickland stated he's the last guy in America Chimaev should mess with, but Chimaev never showed up. The post reveals rising tensions and psychological gamesmanship between the two fighters.