Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland have shared contradictory accounts of their gym rivalry in Las Vegas. Chimaev claims Strickland avoided training with him by switching locations between Xtreme Couture and the UFC PI whenever Chimaev showed up, and suggests Strickland is angry because Chimaev beat him in sparring. Strickland counters that the conflict started when Chimaev took offense to a joke about Chechnya, sent threatening messages in a group chat, but then failed to show up when Strickland invited him to meet. Strickland further accused Chimaev of building his career on a false intimidating image. The feud highlights ongoing personal tension between the two middleweights.
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