Unbeaten middleweight contender, Khamzat Chimaev has as soon as extra hit out at Sean Strickland and his tumultuous relationship along with his late father — after the incoming UFC 312 headliner hit out at him for his affiliation with Chechen dictator, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Strickland, the present primary ranked middleweight contender, returns to motion this weekend at UFC 312 in Sydney, taking up incumbent divisional champion, Dricus du Plessis within the pair’s grudge match ‘Downunder.

As for Khamzat Chimaev, the Chechen-born contender has been sidelined since October of final yr, bettering to 14-0 in a primary spherical face crank submission win over former champion, Robert Whittaker within the co-headliner of UFC 208 in Abu Dhabi.

And tipped to struggle for gold towards the victor of this weekend’s conflict between du Plessis and Strickland, Chimaev was ripped as soon as extra by the latter for his affiliation with Chechnya head of state, Kadyrov this week by the outspoken American challenger.

“Have a look at the historical past of (Khamzat) Chimaev, he flees his nation and goes to Sweden and has this good affluent life with all the conventional of us after which he goes again to Chechnya or wherever the f–okay he’s from and he goes and will get balls deep with this dictator [Ramzan Kadyrov],” Sean Strickland stated. “The dictator is like ‘Right here’s a G-wagon go prepare my child and let my child beat you up’ and Chimaev’s like ‘I signed as much as be a prostitute, however you’re going too deep right here’…now he has some concern for his life from this dictator, and he’s nonetheless owned….you haven’t any dignity and you haven’t any character.”

Khamzat Chimaev mocks Sean Strickland’s relationship with late father

Nonetheless, reacting to Strickland’s feedback on his personal social media, Chimaev poked enjoyable on the former champion’s estranged relationship along with his late father, with a nasty jibe aimed on the latter.

“Why are you child crying on a regular basis?” Khamzat Chimaev wrote on his official X account. “Father didn’t offer you love, or he confirmed his like to you an excessive amount of?”