Sean Brady: Strickland and Chimaev 'have to keep the same energy forever'
Sean Brady is not a fan of Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev hugging it out after UFC 328. Strickland (31-7 MMA, 18-7 UFC) and Chimaev (15-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) had bad blood going into their middleweight title fight this past Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N. J.
, with Strickland going after Chimaev's religion among other things. Strickland ended up pulling the big upset by defeating Chimaev in a split decision win , and the pair made amends after. Chimaev even told Strickland he loved him in between rounds and was the one to wrap the belt around his waist.
Strickland then apologized for his comments in the pre-fight build up. "If you're talking about my mom, and my children, my religion, I'm fighting you if I see you in the parking lot," Brady said on "The Ariel Helwani Show. " "Wherever I see you, it's going to be like Peter Griffin and the rooster in Family Guy: They're always fighting each other.
You can't talk about people that way and then be all buddy-buddy about it. I don't like that. I get selling a fight, but there're certain things you just can't say.
Once you cross that line, there's no coming back – on some Conor (McGregor vs. ) Khabib (Nurmagomedov grudge) sh*t. "There's certain lines you don't go and cross, and when you do, there's going to be consequences.