Chimaev says friends confronted Strickland, who claimed trash talk was promotion

Khamzat Chimaev revealed that his friends once approached Sean Strickland about his public statements, presumably related to verbal exchanges between the two fighters. According to Chimaev, Strickland responded by saying he was simply promoting a potential fight between them. The encounter suggests tensions from their public back-and-forth spilled into real-world confrontations. Strickland's explanation that the trash talk was promotional indicates he may not have personal animosity despite heated rhetoric. The post provides limited detail about when or where this confrontation occurred.