{"id":94831,"date":"2025-08-25T02:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:38:08","slug":"ufc-champion-khamzat-chimaev-labelled-a-terrorist-by-sean-strickland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94831\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Champion Khamzat Chimaev Labelled A Terrorist By Sean Strickland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Strickland<\/a> is at it again.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Khamzat Chimaev delivered one of the most dominant performances in UFC history<\/a>, handily defeating Dricus Du Plessis to become the new undisputed middleweight world champion. <\/p>\n

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Immediately following his impressive showing in \u2018Chi-Town,\u2019 practically every contender in the division came out of the woodwork, suggesting they had the right skill set to hand \u2018Borz\u2019 his first career loss and cut short his title reign. That includes Strickland, who offered a very Strickland-esque take on why he\u2019s the man to unseat the undefeated Chechen monster. <\/p>\n

Well! Ready to put this to bed and get back in the cage,\u201d Strickland wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cCan\u2019t have a terrorist as a champion, sadly I think Im the only one to change that. Appreciate the commission for getting this done.. Anger management here I come\u2026.<\/p>\n

Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s relationship with Ramzan Kadyrov likely sparked Sean Strickland\u2019s \u2018Terrorist\u2019 comment<\/p>\n

Strickland\u2019s comments come on the heels of Chimaev\u2019s recent return to Chechnya following his title-winning performance at UFC 319<\/a>. There, \u2018Borz\u2019 was welcomed by longtime friend and head of the Chechen Republic, Ramazan Kadyrov. <\/p>\n

\u201cBelt is important for my country,\u201d Chimaev told Joe Rogan<\/a> at UFC 319.<\/p>\n

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A repeated violator of human rights<\/a>, Kadyrov has been known to train with Chimaev and even attended the UFC star\u2019s wedding in 2022. Their close ties reportedly kept Chimaev from securing a visa to fight in the United States. <\/p>\n

Luckily for Chimaev, his boss just so happens to be besties with U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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In 2017, Kadyrov was accused of greenlighting the creation of concentration camps where gay men were housed, beaten, and often killed over their sexual orientation. Kadyrov went on to deny the accusations by simply claiming that there was no population of homosexuals in the Republic. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have those kind of people here,\u201d Kadyrov told HBO\u2019s Real Sports<\/a>. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any gays. If there are any take them to Canada. Praise be to God. Take them far from us so we don\u2019t have them at home. To purify our blood, if there are any here, take them.\u201d<\/p>\n