Chimaev and Strickland trade conflicting stories about gym rivalry

Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland have shared contradictory accounts of their training camp tensions. Chimaev claims Strickland avoided sparring with him, moving between Xtreme Couture and the UFC Performance Institute whenever Chimaev showed up, and suggests Strickland is upset because Chimaev beat him in the gym. Strickland counters that Chimaev took offense to a joke about Chechnya, sent threatening messages in a group chat, but then failed to show up when Strickland challenged him to meet. Both fighters accuse the other of avoiding a direct confrontation.