Paulo Costa has enterprise with Khamzat Chimaev, and he doesn’t care if it’s dealt with contained in the Octagon or on the street.
On August 16, ‘Borz’ will lastly get his long-awaited title alternative when he meets reigning middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 319 in Chicago.
Because it stands, Chimaev is a 2-to-1 favourite to depart Chi-City with the 185-pound crown wrapped round his waist. However win or lose, ‘The Eraser’ plans on preventing the undefeated Chechen monster, a technique or one other.
“If Khamzat retires after shedding—I might discover him someplace to repair my enterprise, perhaps a restaurant or a parking zone,” Costa advised Submission Radio. “That is private.”
Khamzat Chimaev reacts to Costa’s UFC 318 callout
Costa’s subject with Chimaev stems from an incident the place ‘Borz’ despatched a DM to the Brazilian’s longtime girlfriend. Following his classic efficiency in opposition to Roman Kopylov at UFC 318, Costa used his post-fight interview to name out Chimaev for the slight.
“All people is aware of I hate that man, everybody is aware of that m*********** Chimaev,” Costa mentioned.
“He’s an enormous a******, and my spouse is over right here, he DMed her. This isn’t good, it is a dangerous factor. However he by no means despatched them to me, as a result of he’s a coward. Chimaev, I’m going to indicate you why you’re a coward. I’m right here, I’m going to search for you, chase you, and I cannot cease till I get you!”
It didn’t take lengthy for Chimaev to snap again at Costa on social media.
“It was she who wrote me habibi [LAUGHS],” Chimaev wrote on X.
Costa’s win over Kopylov moved him up two spots within the middleweight rankings, the place he now sits on the Eleventh-ranked contender. Chimaev is the third-ranked contender going into his first title tilt.
