Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has taken purpose at Khamzat Chimaev.
It’s been a tough month for ‘Borz’. Late final month, Khamzat Chimaev was set to return to the cage in Saudi Arabia towards former UFC champion Robert Whittaker. Nevertheless, only a few weeks earlier than struggle day, the Chechen pulled out as a consequence of sickness. In his place, Ikram Aliskerov was handed a knockout loss by ‘The Reaper’.
Not lengthy after pulling out, Khamzat Chimaev discovered himself embroiled in controversy. Within the ever-evolving and chaotic world of cryptocurrency, there are numerous tokens created. Nicely, Chimaev lent his likeness to the ‘SMASH’ token, which has been suspected to be a pump-and-dump scheme by many followers on-line.
Some allege that Khamzat Chimaev stole upwards of $1 million {dollars} from buyers into the coin. Nicely, the entire scenario hasn’t sat properly with one Sean Strickland. Taking to X earlier as we speak, the previous UFC middleweight champion ripped into ‘Borz’ for allegedly stealing cash from followers. Strickland added that he’s been approached to make a coin earlier than, however all the time refused.
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I’ve been provided a ton of cash to do that similar precise factor…… Loopy man you’re wealthy and nonetheless attempt to rip-off your followers…….. https://t.co/7D4GTmIawk
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) July 9, 2024
Been on x an excessive amount of. I’ll depart you all with this. That was one hundred pc to rip-off his followers.
How do I do know this?!?
I used to be simply approached to do that similar factor… tegrity you both have it otherwise you don’t. Yall shouldn’t let this vanish in a information cycle. Completely fallacious
Goodbye 👋
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) July 9, 2024
Former UFC champion Sean Strickland rips into Khamzat Chimaev for ‘SMASH’ token
As of now, Khamzat Chimaev has but to touch upon the scenario instantly. It’s additionally unlikely that the middleweight contender will reply to Sean Strickland both. As of now, each males are presently making ready for his or her returns to the octagon, which doubtless gained’t come towards one another.
Regardless of Khamzat Chimaev’s pull-out towards Whittaker final month, he’s already returned to coaching. Whereas he has no official return date, he has been linked to UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi. ‘Borz’ beforehand competed in Abu Dhabi for his newest struggle, a majority resolution victory over Kamaru Usman final yr.
In the meantime, Sean Strickland is recent off a split-decision win over Paulo Costa final month at UFC 302. Following the victory, ‘Tarzan’ introduced plans to sit down out and look forward to the winner of Israel Adesanya vs. Dricus du Plessis.
What do you make of those feedback about Khamzat Chimaev? Do you agree with former UFC champion Sean Strickland?