UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev has made a wild accusation towards Sean Strickland stemming from a previous coaching session.
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland just isn’t recognized for having many allies within the combined martial arts world because of his controversial actions each inside and outdoors of the cage. Strickland is at present serving a suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Fee for his post-fight brawl on the Robust ‘n’ Aff occasion in Las Vegas earlier this yr.
Early in his profession, Strickland and present UFC middleweight titleholder Khamzat Chimaev have been frequent coaching companions at Excessive Couture in Las Vegas. Nevertheless, regardless of their brief time coaching collectively, Chimaev and Strickland shared totally different views on how the coaching session unfolded.
Strickland accused Chimaev of being a foul teammate and deliberately making an attempt to beat up inexperienced gamers. Chimaev not solely denied Strickland’s claims, but additionally made some eye-opening claims about how their feud began.
Khamzat Chimaev tells outlandish story about allegedly kicking Sean Strickland’s beef
In a latest present, Badaev’s PodcastChimaev defined the reason for his feud with the previous UFC middleweight champion.
“I do not know. After we have been coaching collectively, he was regular. Properly, one time I bought mad at him and the following day he was strolling across the fitness center with a gun, he thought I used to be going to assault him,” Chimaev stated of Strickland.
“We have been in a bunch chat in our fitness center, and there was a Chechen man there, and[Strickland]wrote one thing like, ‘Did you suppose all Chechens have been robust?'” And I wrote him again, “You are an American rooster, I’ll punch you.”
“Later he stated that I had misunderstood him. That is all that actually occurred,” Chimaev continued. “At the moment, my English was unhealthy and I could not say precisely what occurred. He stated one thing about Chechnya or one thing, so I instantly attacked him simply to make sure.” (h/t Bloody Elbow)
