Khamzat Chimaev explains Paulo Costa altercation, not looking to fight: ‘Somebody already f—ked him up’

Khamzat Chimaev isn’t all that taken with dealing with Paulo Costa regardless of their new beef.

Earlier this week (Tues., Sept. 6, 2022), footage surfaced of the 2 high Final Combating Championship (UFC) contenders crossing paths within the UFC Efficiency Institute. They by no means acquired shut sufficient to interact, however issues shortly grew to become heated as verbal jabs had been thrown from throughout the room, which led to Chimaev getting held again by his workforce.

“Nothing [happened],” Chimaev stated at UFC 279 media day. “Man is speaking about s—t about me, I by no means speak about that man. Perhaps he desires one thing, perhaps he desires to be well-known (laughs). Then Israel [Adesanya] f—okay his ass. So what? All of the world see that s—t. Now, to return and do one thing with ‘Izzy.’

“Why [would I fight him]? I don’t struggle with that sort of guys. He already [have] any individual f—okay him up, you already know. Within the ass.”

Though they’re at the moment in numerous divisions, Chimaev at Welterweight and Costa at Middleweight, Chimaev has competed north of 170 kilos a number of instances in his profession and even has achieved so within the Octagon. Nonetheless, Chimaev’s present focus is on his present weight class’ title as he hopes to earn his first shot at gold after a Nate Diaz win this weekend (Sat., Sept. 10, 2022) in UFC 279’s foremost occasion.

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As for Costa, the one-time title challenger only recently rebounded off a two-fight skid, defeating Luke Rockhold through unanimous resolution in UFC 278’s co-main occasion (watch highlights).

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