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Khamzat Chimaev allegedly tried to get into it with Paulo Costa during a recent run-in at the UFC‘s Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Chimaev is set to face Nate Diaz in the UFC 279 main event this Saturday night. A win over Diaz could potentially put him next in line for a shot at the welterweight title against the Kamaru Usman/Leon Edwards trilogy winner.
Chimaev has carried himself as an ‘anywhere, at any time’ type of mixed martial artist. He is as game as they come in the UFC and has emerged as one of the sport’s fastest-rising stars.
While Chimaev hasn’t created many sincere enemies, he nearly caused chaos to ensue at the UFC PI, according to an eyewitness. He and Costa nearly came to blows before members of their respective teams separated themselves.
Jake Shields Reveals Alleged Confrontation Between Khamzat Chimaev & Paulo Costa
During a recent interview with MMA Junkie, former MMA fighter Jake Shields explained what went down between Chimaev and Costa.
“I was there this morning, working out with Paulo Costa, going through some techniques and some drilling, and then all of the sudden we hear on the side of the cage Khamzat starts yelling at us, cussing out Paulo ‘well you want to fight?’ So we look over and it’s him and 10 dudes,” Shields explained regarding Chimaev.
“So Paulo jumps up, starts talking shit, I run over to back up Paulo, because I don’t know if they’re trying to jump him. I recognized a couple of guys, I wasn’t sure they probably wouldn’t jump me. We had a bunch of guys that didn’t recognize who ran over start talking shit and then you know…’Let’s fight now. Let’s fight now.’
“But as he’s saying that he’s walking down the stairs. It seemed like it was kind of more of an act maybe more for cameras more than anything. I guess someone said afterwards he had been scoping us out for 10 minutes, he wanted to fight Paulo, run in there and start swinging on him… it seemed like a weak thing, I think that’s why he was upset because Paulo called him a fake gangster and it kind of was a perfect example of him being a fake gangster.”
A backstory behind what allegedly caused Chimaev to confront Costa has been provided by Shields or by either party. While Costa has ruffled some feathers of his fighting colleagues, Chimaev and Costa don’t have any public history of bad blood.
Shields hasn’t provided evidence of the alleged altercation but it sounds like Chimaev and Costa may be asked about the incident sooner rather than later. As Chimaev gets ready for UFC 279, he may confirm or deny the incident ever took place.
Who would you favor in a streetfight between Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa?
Khamzat Chimaev allegedly tried to get into it with Paulo Costa during a recent run-in at the UFC‘s Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Chimaev is set to face Nate Diaz in the UFC 279 main event this Saturday night. A win over Diaz could potentially put him next in line for a shot at the welterweight title against the Kamaru Usman/Leon Edwards trilogy winner.
Chimaev has carried himself as an ‘anywhere, at any time’ type of mixed martial artist. He is as game as they come in the UFC and has emerged as one of the sport’s fastest-rising stars.
While Chimaev hasn’t created many sincere enemies, he nearly caused chaos to ensue at the UFC PI, according to an eyewitness. He and Costa nearly came to blows before members of their respective teams separated themselves.
Jake Shields Reveals Alleged Confrontation Between Khamzat Chimaev & Paulo Costa
During a recent interview with MMA Junkie, former MMA fighter Jake Shields explained what went down between Chimaev and Costa.
“I was there this morning, working out with Paulo Costa, going through some techniques and some drilling, and then all of the sudden we hear on the side of the cage Khamzat starts yelling at us, cussing out Paulo ‘well you want to fight?’ So we look over and it’s him and 10 dudes,” Shields explained regarding Chimaev.
“So Paulo jumps up, starts talking shit, I run over to back up Paulo, because I don’t know if they’re trying to jump him. I recognized a couple of guys, I wasn’t sure they probably wouldn’t jump me. We had a bunch of guys that didn’t recognize who ran over start talking shit and then you know…’Let’s fight now. Let’s fight now.’
“But as he’s saying that he’s walking down the stairs. It seemed like it was kind of more of an act maybe more for cameras more than anything. I guess someone said afterwards he had been scoping us out for 10 minutes, he wanted to fight Paulo, run in there and start swinging on him… it seemed like a weak thing, I think that’s why he was upset because Paulo called him a fake gangster and it kind of was a perfect example of him being a fake gangster.”
A backstory behind what allegedly caused Chimaev to confront Costa has been provided by Shields or by either party. While Costa has ruffled some feathers of his fighting colleagues, Chimaev and Costa don’t have any public history of bad blood.
Shields hasn’t provided evidence of the alleged altercation but it sounds like Chimaev and Costa may be asked about the incident sooner rather than later. As Chimaev gets ready for UFC 279, he may confirm or deny the incident ever took place.
Who would you favor in a streetfight between Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa?
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Chimaev is set to face Nate Diaz in the UFC 279 main event this Saturday night. A win over Diaz could potentially put him next in line for a shot at the welterweight title against the Kamaru Usman/Leon Edwards trilogy winner.
Chimaev has carried himself as an ‘anywhere, at any time’ type of mixed martial artist. He is as game as they come in the UFC and has emerged as one of the sport’s fastest-rising stars.
While Chimaev hasn’t created many sincere enemies, he nearly caused chaos to ensue at the UFC PI, according to an eyewitness. He and Costa nearly came to blows before members of their respective teams separated themselves.
Jake Shields Reveals Alleged Confrontation Between Khamzat Chimaev & Paulo Costa
During a recent interview with MMA Junkie, former MMA fighter Jake Shields explained what went down between Chimaev and Costa.
“I was there this morning, working out with Paulo Costa, going through some techniques and some drilling, and then all of the sudden we hear on the side of the cage Khamzat starts yelling at us, cussing out Paulo ‘well you want to fight?’ So we look over and it’s him and 10 dudes,” Shields explained regarding Chimaev.
“So Paulo jumps up, starts talking shit, I run over to back up Paulo, because I don’t know if they’re trying to jump him. I recognized a couple of guys, I wasn’t sure they probably wouldn’t jump me. We had a bunch of guys that didn’t recognize who ran over start talking shit and then you know…’Let’s fight now. Let’s fight now.’
“But as he’s saying that he’s walking down the stairs. It seemed like it was kind of more of an act maybe more for cameras more than anything. I guess someone said afterwards he had been scoping us out for 10 minutes, he wanted to fight Paulo, run in there and start swinging on him… it seemed like a weak thing, I think that’s why he was upset because Paulo called him a fake gangster and it kind of was a perfect example of him being a fake gangster.”
A backstory behind what allegedly caused Chimaev to confront Costa has been provided by Shields or by either party. While Costa has ruffled some feathers of his fighting colleagues, Chimaev and Costa don’t have any public history of bad blood.
Shields hasn’t provided evidence of the alleged altercation but it sounds like Chimaev and Costa may be asked about the incident sooner rather than later. As Chimaev gets ready for UFC 279, he may confirm or deny the incident ever took place.
Who would you favor in a streetfight between Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa?
Khamzat Chimaev allegedly tried to get into it with Paulo Costa during a recent run-in at the UFC‘s Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Chimaev is set to face Nate Diaz in the UFC 279 main event this Saturday night. A win over Diaz could potentially put him next in line for a shot at the welterweight title against the Kamaru Usman/Leon Edwards trilogy winner.
Chimaev has carried himself as an ‘anywhere, at any time’ type of mixed martial artist. He is as game as they come in the UFC and has emerged as one of the sport’s fastest-rising stars.
While Chimaev hasn’t created many sincere enemies, he nearly caused chaos to ensue at the UFC PI, according to an eyewitness. He and Costa nearly came to blows before members of their respective teams separated themselves.
Jake Shields Reveals Alleged Confrontation Between Khamzat Chimaev & Paulo Costa
During a recent interview with MMA Junkie, former MMA fighter Jake Shields explained what went down between Chimaev and Costa.
“I was there this morning, working out with Paulo Costa, going through some techniques and some drilling, and then all of the sudden we hear on the side of the cage Khamzat starts yelling at us, cussing out Paulo ‘well you want to fight?’ So we look over and it’s him and 10 dudes,” Shields explained regarding Chimaev.
“So Paulo jumps up, starts talking shit, I run over to back up Paulo, because I don’t know if they’re trying to jump him. I recognized a couple of guys, I wasn’t sure they probably wouldn’t jump me. We had a bunch of guys that didn’t recognize who ran over start talking shit and then you know…’Let’s fight now. Let’s fight now.’
“But as he’s saying that he’s walking down the stairs. It seemed like it was kind of more of an act maybe more for cameras more than anything. I guess someone said afterwards he had been scoping us out for 10 minutes, he wanted to fight Paulo, run in there and start swinging on him… it seemed like a weak thing, I think that’s why he was upset because Paulo called him a fake gangster and it kind of was a perfect example of him being a fake gangster.”
A backstory behind what allegedly caused Chimaev to confront Costa has been provided by Shields or by either party. While Costa has ruffled some feathers of his fighting colleagues, Chimaev and Costa don’t have any public history of bad blood.
Shields hasn’t provided evidence of the alleged altercation but it sounds like Chimaev and Costa may be asked about the incident sooner rather than later. As Chimaev gets ready for UFC 279, he may confirm or deny the incident ever took place.
Who would you favor in a streetfight between Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa?
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