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Before Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev became bitter rivals on social media, the duo had a cordial relationship and even trained together at Extreme Couture. Chimaev was a welterweight then and the bond changed after the Chechen-born fighter moved up to middleweight.<\/p>\n
Michael Bisping, a former UFC<\/a> middleweight champion, recently discussed the training sessions between ‘Tarzan’ and ‘Borz’ in his interview with Submission Radio.<\/em><\/p>\n Bisping claimed the Chechen fighter got the better of his American counterpart in the grappling sessions, but noted that training sessions and actual fights are entirely different.<\/p>\n “We’ve heard stories that, apparently, when they trained, someone told me the other day that Khamzat had his way, and he was choking him out, tapping him out, and stuff like that. But the training room is one thing; what happens in a fight is very different,” Michael Bisping said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/template><\/p>\n Get the latest updates on One Championship Rankings<\/a> at Sportskeeda and more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n To substantiate his claim, ‘the Count recounted his experience training with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, who didn’t look like a world-beater in the gym, but was phenomenal when the lights were brighter.<\/p>\n “For example, Quinton Rampage’ Jackson. I used to train with him. In the gym, he wasn\u2019t exactly a world-beater because he didn\u2019t care. He didn\u2019t have an ego, he wasn\u2019t getting paid, and he wasn\u2019t actually competing in the gym. But under the bright lights, when it mattered, that man was a ridiculously talented fighter. So, you can’t put too much stock into training,” Bisping added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Check out Michael Bisping’s comments about <\/em>Sean Strickland<\/a><\/em> and <\/em>Khamzat Chimaev<\/a><\/em> below (4:58):<\/em><\/p>\n