UFC 328’s Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland main event has gotten the blood pumping again

We were perhaps a positive paternity test away from Thursday’s UFC 328 press conference turning into an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show,” yet even there we heard a lot of talk about daddies. Khamzat Chimaev constantly brought up Sean Strickland’s old man as a measure of mental warfare, and it was hard to tell if it was a sore subject or not but for all the fire-backs of Chimaev being a “wh. ore” There were plots and subplots in play, inside stories and side swipes and enough slurs to offend the entire galaxy of groups.

At one point somebody asked UFC CEO Dana White if he still hated this kind of thing. You know, when bad blood becomes so dark and personal that pretty soon things start getting a little homicidal. He said the feud is definitely among the top-three heated rivalries he’s seen in his 25 years in the gig.

Well that didn’t take long 😅 Khamzat and Strickland started going at each other before Dana White could even open up the presser #UFC328 pic. twitter. com/h1R1YrbjU4 — Uncrowned (@uncrownedcombat) May 7, 2026 So this is what it’s like to pit Sean Strickland against Khamzat Chimaev in a title fight … There were security guards standing alert in case of extracurriculars.

In case of sudden tumult. In case Strickland had something strapped to his ankle, a little Saturday night special, or a shiv. He didn’t.