{"id":38118,"date":"2026-05-06T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khamzat-Chimaev-unbothered-by-Sean-Stricklands-death-threats-201088"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:41:14","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-unbothered-by-sean-stricklands-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/khamzat-chimaev-unbothered-by-sean-stricklands-death-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev unbothered by Sean Strickland\u2019s death threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/khamzat-chimaev-unbothered-by-sean-stricklands-death-threats.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> is unfazed by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a>\u2019s trash talk days before their <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-Chimaev-vs-Strickland-111957\"><br \/>\nUFC 328<\/a> clash.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev (15-0) will look to defend his middleweight title against<br \/>\nStrickland (30-7) in the main event at UFC 328 on May 9 at<br \/>\nPrudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. While Strickland\u2019s trash<br \/>\ntalk is bordering on sinister, Chimaev has an unusually calm aura<br \/>\nheading into the fight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Strickland recently said that he would confront Chimaev in the<br \/>\nhotel lobby if both the teams are treated unfairly by the UFC.<br \/>\nHowever, Chimaev claims he has been waiting in the lobby for three<br \/>\ndays with no sign of Strickland. UFC head honcho Dana White said<br \/>\nthere will be no face-off between Chimaev and Strickland and that<br \/>\nsecurity will be increased for safety. Chimaev believes the extra<br \/>\nsecurity is for Strickland\u2019s safety, not his own.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland also threatened to shoot Chimaev and his team if they<br \/>\ntry to jump him. Responding to Strickland\u2019s death threats, Chimaev<br \/>\nsays he is not scared to die when his time comes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey won&#8217;t let me see this guy. I don\u2019t know where he is. I\u2019ve<br \/>\nbeen here three days in the lobby,\u201d <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DX-U1XSJ-di\/\">Chimaev told MMAFighting at UFC 328 media day<\/a>. \u201cThe<br \/>\nguy says he&#8217;s going to shoot me, let&#8217;s go. Do that, I will be happy<br \/>\nto die. [The security] is not for me. It&#8217;s for his safety&#8230; when<br \/>\nthe time comes to die I will be happy. I don&#8217;t care about that<br \/>\nsh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strickland is going all out, attacking Chimaev\u2019s race, ethnicity<br \/>\nand his training partners. Meanwhile, Chimaev\u2019s teammate <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Brendan-Allen-201703\">Brendan<br \/>\nAllen<\/a> recently said that they are merely humored by<br \/>\nStrickland\u2019s trash talk.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DX-U1XSJ-di\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.29166666666667\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khamzat Chimaev is unfazed by Sean Strickland\u2019s trash talk days before their UFC 328 clash. Chimaev (15-0) will look to defend his middleweight title against Strickland (30-7) in the main event at UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. While Strickland\u2019s trash talk is bordering on sinister, Chimaev has an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38118","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\/38118","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=38118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}