Sean Strickland rips 'f*cking idiot' Brendan Allen for helping Khamzat Chimaev

Sean Strickland can't believe Brendan Allen decided to help Khamzat Chimaev prepare for UFC 328.

Strickland (30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC) challenges UFC middleweight champion Chimaev (15-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in Saturday's main event (Paramount+) at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Allen (26-7 MMA, 14-4 UFC), who upset Reinier de Ridder with a stoppage win this past October, has been an instrumental part of Chimaev's camp. Strickland believes it's a bad idea for Allen to be in Chimaev's camp when he, too, is gunning for the title.

"Brendan Allen, a retard," Strickland said in a media scrum (h/t Full Send MMA). "The guy has an Instagram handle on his truck. I beat him on f*cking short notice. Chris Curtis beat him twice on short notice and got robbed by the racist judges. But Brendan Allen, you are the definition of a c*nt. You are ranked five, (and) my boy is about to beat you. Edmen (Shahbazyan) is about to beat you.

"You're ranked No. 5, and you're talking about a title fight, and you go and you train with the current champion, and the whole world just watched him f*ck you up over and over and over again. All we know of your training camp is that you're getting your ass kicked by f*cking Chimaev. You will never fight for the belt, you are a f*cking retard. If you want to get some advice from me, you f*cking retard, stop training with the champion. And if you're going to train with him, don't let him beat the f*ck out of you for weeks at a time, you f*cking idiot."

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Allen was actively seeking a fight with former champ Dricus Du Plessis but wound up drawing unranked Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Fight Night 278 on June 6, which takes place at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas.