Strickland spent 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 repeatedly posted his location on social media hoping to encounter Chimaev or his team. Strickland addressed Chimaev's previous comments about trying to kill him on the street, noting he was only ten minutes from Chimaev's gym and that people training with Chimaev follow him on social media and would have seen his location tags. Strickland stated he expected Chimaev to show up but he never did. Strickland called himself the last person in America that Chimaev should be threatening. The deliberate tagging of locations suggests Strickland was attempting to provoke a real-life confrontation.