{"id":36994,"date":"2026-03-02T06:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T06:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khamzat-Chimaev-says-hes-waiting-for-matchup-against-Sean-Strickland-200307"},"modified":"2026-03-02T06:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T06:49:47","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-says-hes-waiting-for-matchup-against-sean-strickland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/khamzat-chimaev-says-hes-waiting-for-matchup-against-sean-strickland\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev says he\u2019s waiting for matchup against Sean Strickland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> seemingly wants to make his first
\nUFC<\/a> middleweight title defense against Sean
\nStrickland<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Chimaev recently called for a wrestling match against Colby
\nCovington<\/a> at RAF.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cNext RAF I will make American boy humble again colbiclown let\u2019s
\ngo,\u201d Chimaev wrote.

<\/p>\n
\n

Next RAF I will make American boy humble
\nagain colbiclown let\u2019s go \ud83e\uddbe\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n

\u2014 Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> (@KChimaev)
\nMarch 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center> When a fan asked if Chimaev is currently injured, the middleweight
\nchampion said that he is waiting for Strickland. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo I waiting for [Strickland],\u201d Chimaev replied.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

No I waiting for strikiland<\/p>\n

\u2014 Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> (@KChimaev)
\nMarch 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

Grudge Match Brewing?<\/h2>\n

Strickland responded with an American flag, expressing his interest
\nin the booking.

<\/p>\n
\n

\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 https:\/\/t.co\/NcMepsZbts<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean
\nStrickland<\/a> (@SStricklandMMA)
\nMarch 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center><\/p>\n

Chimaev won the middleweight title against Dricus Du
\nPlessis<\/a> at
\nUFC 319<\/a> last year. While Chimaev is expected to defend his
\ntitle against Nassourdine
\nImavov<\/a>, they don\u2019t seem keen on fighting each other due to
\ntheir ethnic ties. Meanwhile, Strickland scored an upset win over
\nAnthony
\nHernandez<\/a> at
\nUFC Houston<\/a> last month. Strickland and Chimaev also have beef
\nbetween them, originating from past sparring sessions. While
\nStrickland accuses Chimaev of inactivity, \u201cBorz\u201d says the
\nbitterness stems from getting submitted in sparring. Meanwhile,
\nStrickland says he was only submitted in situational grappling and
\nmade Chimaev quit training.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khamzat Chimaev seemingly wants to make his first UFC middleweight title defense against Sean Strickland.  Chimaev recently called for a wrestling match against Colby Covington at RAF. Advertisement \u201cNext RAF I will make American boy humble again colbiclown let\u2019s go,\u201d Chimaev wrote. Next RAF I will make American boy humble again colbiclown let\u2019s go \ud83e\uddbe\ud83d\ude02 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}