{"id":538885,"date":"2026-03-14T00:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538885\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:49:10","slug":"more-security-dana-white-nervous-about-chimaev-vs-strickland-feud-at-ufc-328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538885\/","title":{"rendered":"More security? Dana White nervous about Chimaev vs. Strickland feud at UFC 328"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fight fans are excited to see a grudge match<\/a> between UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev and former titleholder Sean Strickland at UFC 328<\/a> this May, but UFC officials are already worried.<\/p>\n

Everything looks good on paper, but the matchup between Chimaev and Strickland is already raising some concerns for White and company. That\u2019s because both Chimaev and Strickland are two of the most confrontational fighters on the UFC roster today and always seem one second away from brawling with their opponents during fight week and other pre-event obligations. Add in a history of bad blood<\/a> between the two fighters and it could spell disaster.<\/p>\n

Luckily, White knows what he\u2019s dealing with and already seems ready to hire extra security to prevent any unnecessary blowups between the two middleweights. Check out what White said during Thursday\u2019s fight announcements below:<\/p>\n

\u201cFun card and obviously the main event is the fight people have been waiting for for a long time,\u201d said White. \u201cStrickland looked incredible in his last performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much security you think we\u2019re gonna need for Chimaev vs. Strickland?\u201d White added with a laugh.<\/p>\n

What do you think, Maniacs? Will we even get to fight night or will Chimaev and Strickland throw hands before then?<\/p>\n

For more UFC 328 fight card news and coverage click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fight fans are excited to see a grudge match between UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev and former titleholder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,178239,179146,1647],"class_list":["post-538885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-cbs","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538885","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=538885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}