
Strickland Celebrates UFC Title with Xtreme Couture Teammates
Sean Strickland celebrated his UFC title by bringing the belt to Las Vegas’ Xtreme Couture, filming with his training partners and praising the team.
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Sean Strickland celebrated his UFC title by bringing the belt to Las Vegas’ Xtreme Couture, filming with his training partners and praising the team.

Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland’s camps shared a friendly moment during UFC 328 fight-week, with Chimaev teasing that Strickland’s plan won’t work as past ties to Xtreme Couture surface in the pre-fight banter.

Ahead of UFC 328, a video of Sean Strickland grappling Mansur Abdul-Malik at Xtreme Couture sparked online buzz, with fans split between believing Chimaev’s wrestling will decide the fight and thinking Strickland can weather the early pressure and take the bout to the later rounds; the hype includes social-media bets on Chimaev and notes Strickland’s ongoing training with Johnny Eblen as UFC 328 nears.

Ahead of UFC 328, Khamzat Chimaev shared a never-before-seen sparring clip with rival Sean Strickland from their Xtreme Couture days, fueling a heated feud as Strickland’s camp questioned past sparring while security keeps the pair separated in Newark.

UFC middleweight Sean Strickland invited a fan identified as "Johnny" to a sparring session at Xtreme Couture ahead of his main event bout against Abusupiyan Magomedov at UFC Vegas 76. Despite going "70 percent," Strickland knocked Johnny down twice but was impressed by his skills and welcomed him to the team. Strickland will make his 19th octagon appearance and look to position himself as a middleweight title contender.

Alex Polizzi returns to the cage at Bellator 297 after a year of adversity and change, including a badly-broken jaw suffered against Yoel Romero. Polizzi added mental improvement and switched gyms, moving from Wisconsin to Nevada to train at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas.