The trash-talk begins to intensify between Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa, the two men no longer let go.
Now that they have a contract and a fight in place, Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa are already stepping up their respective talk. In a recent interview with TNT Sports, the Chechnya-born, naturalized Swedish Allstars talent revealed his plans to defeat ‘Borrachinha’ notably he wants to beat Costa hard enough for the Brazilian to collapse in the Octagon and cry all the tears from her body. However, Costa, this is how to answer him.
Paulo Costa vs Khamzat Chimaev, who will win the trash talk fight?
If Khamzat Chimaev plans to have Costa quit and make him cry, it doesn’t seem like his proposal is met with any lack of confidence from the Brazilian’s side. In a recent video posted to his social media, the 32-year-old revealed his own plans, which are to “Destroy [Khamzat Chimaev] in [his] fucking house.”
I’m your bigger NIGHTMARE. BLF is coming to erase you 🧢🧁 gourmet Chen Chen pic.twitter.com/RIn8k2Dgem
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) July 24, 2023
Costa, 32, detailed the origin of his beef with Chimaev in a lengthy and wide-ranging interview on Wednesday’s edition of The MMA Hour.
He said the bad blood began in 2022 ahead of Chimaev’s scheduled fight against Nate Diaz at UFC 279, when Costa was working with Diaz’s longtime teammate Jake Shields at the UFC Performance Institute and Chimaev was watching nearby.
Costa said he eventually approached Chimaev and asked why Chimaev was eyeballing him, to which Chimaev responded that he wanted to know why Costa had been talking trash. Costa said he told Chimaev that it was because he wanted to fight him, and tensions escalated from there, with the two nearly coming to blows.
Chimaev has been sidelined since a botched weight cut at UFC 279 led to a last-second switch in opposition from Diaz to Kevin Holland, however he remains one of the most hyped contenders in either of the UFC’s welterweight or middleweight divisions. Costa, meanwhile, is one of the most popular athletes at 185 pounds and is coming off a thrilling victory over former UFC champion Luke Rockhold this past August at UFC 278.
So considering the uncertain situation at 185 pounds, with Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland both vying to be the next title challenger for Israel Adesanya, Costa is confident he’ll be able to cut the line if he defeats Chimaev as impressively as he expects.
“I think due to all this situation in the middleweight division and due to all this hype about this fight against me, against Chimaev, the next in line is going to be the winner,” he said.
