Nassourdine Imavov issued a strong statement addressing Sean Strickland's recent comments, making it clear he takes personal offense to insults about religion, family, and nationality. Imavov emphasized that these topics are not marketing tools for him and declared that every insult has a price that Strickland will pay. He stated there will be no happy ending for Strickland and promised no embrace after their fight. When a subscriber asked him to avoid hugging at the end, Imavov responded emphatically that he would rather die than show such respect to Strickland.
