Outside Source
Sean Strickland (30-7) has been accusing middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev (15-0) of inactivity for a while now. Chimaev claims Strickland is irked with him after getting submitted in the past while training together at Xtreme Couture.
Strickland scored an upset win by knocking out Anthony Hernandez at UFC Houston last weekend. Strickland subsequently called for a title shot against Chimaev. Strickland claims Chimaev submitted him in a situational grappling spar. The former middleweight champ claims he made Chimaev quit training at Xtreme Couture. Strickland asked his teammates and his longtime coach, Nicksick, to back up his claims. Meanwhile, Chimaev claims he destroyed Strickland in sparring, and Nicksick is aware of it.
Better Left Unsaid
However, Nicksick refuses to back up the claims of either Strickland or Chimaev. Nicksick believes what happens in training should stay inside the gym. Nicksick further warns that fighters shouldn’t be focused on their sparring experience while going into an actual fight against the same dance partner.
“I think what happens in the training room should stay in the training room,” Nicksick told “… Thinking that just because you beat a guy in the training room, whether you’re on the A side or B side, you shouldn’t take that into the fight. What happens in the training room, I feel like, should stay in the room. I think both guys are great competitors and game opponents.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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