Khamzat Chimaev is taking aim at Sean Strickland in the aftermath of UFC Houston.<\/p>\n
Strickland had some words for the UFC Middleweight Champion going into Saturday\u2019s showdown with Anthony Hernandez. In an interview with Newsweek Sports<\/a>, Strickland blasted Chimaev for focusing more on Alex Pereira than making his first title defense.<\/p>\n \u201cHe always does that [expletive], dude,\u201d Strickland said. \u201cHe probably thinks it\u2019s going to be a hard fight, and he probably thinks, \u2018I don\u2019t want to do it. It\u2019s a hard fight.\u2019 Every [expletive] fight the guy fights, he\u2019s injured. Every fight. You wanna see the break on my shoulder? I\u2019ll show you the X-ray. Every fight this guy, he has some mysterious [expletive] injury. There\u2019s no proof of it. There\u2019s no MRI, there\u2019s no X-ray, but for some reason you [expletive] fight, everything breaks on you.\u201d<\/p>\n Strickland continued his rant on Chimaev after he scored a third-round TKO finish over Hernandez<\/a>. The former 185-pound ruler didn\u2019t mince words when letting his intentions be known.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know, man,\u201d Strickland said. \u201cIf Chimaev finally gets off the bench, I\u2019d like a piece of that little Chechen [expletive], but you never know with him, bro. You never know with that guy, but that\u2019s who I want.\u201d<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take long for Chimaev to respond on social media<\/a>. The champion reminded Strickland about one key fact.<\/p>\n Habibi calm down, I destroyed the guy who beat you twice \ud83e\udd2b — Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev) February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
American bitch \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n