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Don't worry, Sean Strickland isn't going to shoot Khamzat Chimaev in the lead-up to UFC 328

By Chuck MindenhallYahoo Sports

As his fight with Chimaev at UFC 328 approaches on May 9, there's no telling what Strickland will say next, but you can bet it'll make you feel some kind of way.

When it comes to trash talk, it’s sometimes difficult to separate the line from the lions. I can remember sitting in the room when Tito Ortiz decided to tell a story while building up his fight with Chael Sonnen in 2017. It was like something from Masterpiece Theater.

Had he been puffing a pipe and wearing his favorite slippers, I might’ve gathered around closer. “It’s kind of funny, I was listening to Christopher Walken, the little skit he did , and he talked about the lion, king of the jungle,” Tito started out . “This huge lion with a big giant mane.

In this hot smothering weather in Africa. And the little, small lions come up to kind of poke at him. Bit on his ear.

Bit on his neck. The lioness comes over and bugs him. ” (I imagined Amanda Nunes bothering this lion and got chills).

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