Sean Strickland believes Khamzat Chimaev uncovered his true character by posting their sparring footage.
Strickland is poised to problem reigning middleweight titleholder Chimaev within the headlining bout of UFC 328 this Saturday on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey.
Tensions between Strickland and Chimaev had been brewing for fairly a while earlier than UFC 328 was formally introduced. With struggle week now in full swing and both fighters continuing to trade barbs, “Borz” has seemingly added much more gasoline to the hearth with a current social media submit.
On Tuesday, the undefeated Chechen shared a 25-second clip from his long-discussed sparring session with Sean Strickland on the Xtreme Couture health club. The sparring encounter has been a frequent subject of dialogue between the 2 rivals for fairly a while, with each fighters providing conflicting accounts whereas persevering with to commerce insults.
The clip itself supplied little or no past a couple of transient hanging exchanges between the 2 fighters and the caption, “I’m bullying weak folks.” There was no grappling proven, and nothing within the footage that clearly established both man getting the higher of the rounds.
Now, Sean Strickland thinks the footage solely validated his opinion of Khamzat Chimaev.
Sean Strickland Tears Into Khamzat Chimaev After Sparring Footage Leak Forward Of UFC 328
Through the UFC 328 media day, Sean Strickland addressed Khamzat Chimaev releasing footage from their previous coaching session forward of their title conflict. The previous middleweight champion downplayed the clip as nothing greater than a lightweight sparring spherical and claimed he had no concept it was being filmed.
“That’s what I’m speaking about,” Strickland mentioned. “The man’s just a bit fu*king rat. One, I didn’t know we have been filming. These are our warmup rounds. You’re only a weak man. You’re only a weak, weak man. It’s like what’s the level? We’re gentle sparring. I imply these shorts are somewhat questionable on my half. They have been Amazon. It was a nasty angle.”
The outspoken American additionally revealed that he solely sparred Chimaev as soon as, regardless of repeatedly attempting to get extra rounds in with him. In line with Strickland, “Borz” confirmed little curiosity in extending the session, which is why he believes an excessive amount of has been manufactured from their transient encounter.
“We’ve solely sparred as soon as and we did like a three-round spar. We sparred as soon as. I saved telling you this. After I obtained to a health club, I need to spar the most effective man. I need to spar him however he would at all times simply go beat up the decrease stage guys.”
