There’s no doubt Khamzat Chimaev has impressed fans with his fighting skills. But his career has also seen setbacks due to health issues, reportedly linked to a weak immune system. Now, ahead of his UFC 319 fight, Sean Strickland has added fuel to the fire by calling Chimaev mentally weak too, questioning not just his physical toughness but his mindset inside and outside the cage.

Strickland, while talking to RedCorner MMA, shared his experience training with Khamzat Chimaev and didn’t hold back his thoughts. He said he was there when Chimaev stepped away from fighting during the COVID period and remembered how it all went down at the gym. Strickland even joked about it back then, pretending to praise Chimaev in a video, though it was clearly sarcasm.

He said Chimaev was choosing spa

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