Sean Strickland begs Khamzat Chimaev "don't hurt people" during a sparring session × Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout MMA UFC News Don t hurt people - Sean Strickland has some ironic advice for Khamzat Chimaev during a sparring session Sean Strickland (left) and Khamzat Chimaev (right) (Images via Getty) Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Comment Share Ryan Harkness TOP CONTRIBUTOR Follow Modified 25 Aug 2022 Sean Strickland gained a reputation for being too rough during sparring after several videos surfaced showing him knocking people out in the gym. Now he's the one telling Khamzat Chimaev to take it easy during a training session. Youcef Hollywood spent an afternoon filming Sean Strickland as he ran a pro class at the XTreme Couture gym in Las Vegas. Contrary to his reputation on social media as a borderline psychopath, the Strickland seen in the video comes across as a nice guy and strong leader. Also in the gym that day are Darren Till and Khamzat Chimaev. Early into the training session, Strickland reminds Chimaev not to spar too hard, saying: "He gets a little bit ... a little bit ... be nice! Khamzat, understand: you're better than most ... you're better than everybody. Don't hurt people." See Sean Strickland implore Khamzat Chimaev not to go too hard during sparring: Watch Sean Strickland knock out a sparring partner with a head kick Sean Strickland has starred in several videos that show him beating up sparring partners pretty bad. One in particular that went viral featured the UFC fighter hitting his opponent with a head kick and knocking them out cold. AquaMMA?@AquaMMA___Sean Strickland knocks his sparring partner out with a head kick 82384Sean Strickland knocks his sparring partner out with a head kick https://t.co/dRbjFQ5RWJ According to Strickland, the violence was justified because he warned the guy he was going to go hard. He told Mirror Fighting: "I get the call from somebody who says 'My boy is in town, he has a kickboxing match, go spar him.' So I say all right, f*** it, but before we start I let him know 'I'm not your friend, I'm not here to be your f***ing buddy, I'm here to hurt you, f*** you up.' So I just beat the f*** out of him, but it wasn't sneaky, I didn't lie to him, I didn't hide my video camera." Strickland explained that it's not something he does to proper teammates. "I don't post videos of me hurting my friends, if you're a main training partner of mine and I've knocked you out, that's never seeing the light of day. But if you're just some random guy that shows up to the gym and I put you out, yeah I'll post it, I don't care." UFC on BT Sport@btsportufcSafe to say 'sparring' with Sean Strickland is intense... 1897157Safe to say 'sparring' with Sean Strickland is intense... https://t.co/N6MyT2b2l1 According to Strickland, he's been on the wrong end of sparring knockouts and is "not a b***h" about it. He even goes hard with Francis Ngannou, which doesn't seem like a great idea for his long-term health. × Rate this story! Thank You! LIVE POLL Q. 0 votes so far Edited by Ryan Harkness Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Share Comments Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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