{"id":503452,"date":"2026-02-25T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503452\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:04:08","slug":"sean-stricklands-coach-discusses-possible-gameplan-for-khamzat-chimaev-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503452\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland’s coach discusses possible gameplan for Khamzat Chimaev title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Strickland\u2019s coach Eric Nicksick has given his thoughts on their potential gameplan for a fight against Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n

As we know, Sean Strickland is riding high in the wake of his triumph over Anthony Hernandez at UFC Houston. In the eyes of many, this sets us up for a title fight<\/a> between him and Khamzat Chimaev \u2013 but given the presence of Nassourdine Imavov as another possible contender, that may not end up being the case.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Khamzat Chimaev is a \u201cclown\u201d for considering light heavyweight move, says Sean Strickland<\/a><\/p>\n

Sean Strickland is the kind of fighter who will take on just about anyone, and there\u2019s certainly a story brewing between him and Chimaev, whereas with Imavov, there isn\u2019t as much of a built-in tension.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Eric Nicksick gave his thoughts on the possibility of Strickland facing Chimaev and how that contest could play out.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Strickland\u2019s coach on possible Chimaev fight<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have our work cut out for us, and we know that,\u201d Nicksick told Submission Radio. \u201cIf we can shut some of that stuff down and make him doubt on any of these routes that he\u2019s on, especially when it comes to the ground game, he\u2019s very systematic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can disrupt some of the chain wrestling that he puts together and make him restart and put some doubt in his mind, that\u2019s where we have to be successful \u2013 if and when you defend those takedowns, making him pay for it. Telling him, \u2018Hey, if you\u2019re going to come in here, you\u2019re going to have to pay a price for that.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you believe Sean stands a good chance of defeating Khamzat Chimaev if their rumored title fight happens? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland\u2019s coach Eric Nicksick has given his thoughts on their potential gameplan for a fight against Khamzat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-503452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}