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Sean Strickland will try to recapture middleweight gold at UFC 328. | Getty/UFC
Sean Strickland has serious bad blood with Khamzat Chimaev.
Strickland (30-7) is scheduled to challenge Chimaev (15-0) for the middleweight title in the main event at UFC 328 on May 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Strickland and Chimaev’s beef leading up to the fight goes beyond the customary trash talk.
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Chimaev recently said that Strickland would flee if he confronted him with his gang, as the former middleweight champion has no friends. Known for his controversial take on gun control, Strickland says he would just shoot Chimaev’s gang if they tried to jump him.
Fighters with even long-standing beefs often bury the hatchet after sharing the Octagon. However, Strickland doesn’t think he will be cordial with Chimaev ever. According to Strickland, the loser of his fight with Chimaev will have to swallow a bitter pill and live with it forever.
‘We Die Enemies
“If you come up to me with three goat-f—-ing Chechnyans that don’t speak English, I’m going to pull my gun, and I’m going to shoot each and every one of you,” Strickland told The Mac Life. “The s—y thing is that whoever wins is gonna have bragging rights, and whoever doesn’t is just gonna have to eat s—t till they die… I think me and f—-ing Khamzat, we die enemies.”
Chimaev and Strickland’s beef stems from their short time training together at the Xtreme Couture gym. While Chimaev claims to have submitted Strickland, the latter dismisses it as a stray incident in situational grappling.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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