Paulo Costa has warned Khamzat Chimaev. The beef between the two UFC fighters has been going around for a long time. According to ‘Borrachinha, he is getting ready to expose Chimaev in Abu Dhabi. At the moment, Costa’s attention is focused on his next bout against Ikram Aliskerov. The Brazilian fighter currently has a record of 14 victories and two losses. Aliskerov is a 14-1 record holder. There is no doubt that Costa has to work hard to win against Aliskerov.

After facing two consecutive losses against Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori, ‘Borrachinha’ achieved a unanimous decision victory against Luke Rockhold at UFC 278. His last bout was in August 2022, and similar to Khamzat Chimaev, even Costa is hungry for more victories. Costa strongly believes that he would face Chimaev in Abu Dhabi to “expose” him. According to him, Chimaev is an “insecure weirdo” who got scared when he met the Brazilian fighter at the UFC Performance Institute. To prove his point, Costa drags Nick Diaz’s teammate Jake Shields into the matter.

Paulo Costa warns Khamzat Chimaev

Paulo Costa took to his Twitter handle to warn Khamzat Chimaev. He tweeted, “Haha loll look at this. Gourmet Chen Chen me and u knows I’m going to Abu Dhabi To expose you badly  and u know that. You got scared since I meet u in UFC PI, @jakeshieldsajj was there too. See u soon, little insecure weirdo.” 

Paulo Costa strongly believes that Chimaev is scared of him. He mentions that UFC legend and submission grappler Jake Shields is a witness to the same. Both Chimaev and Costa are fighters with an outgoing nature. They are never hesitant to begin a battle with their possible opponents. Similar to Costa, even ‘Borz’ doesn’t miss a chance to throw shade at his rival.

‘Borz’ calls ‘Borrachinha’ a “coward”

Paulo Costa has already mentioned in the MMA Hour that a fight between him and Chimaev might take place in October in Abu Dhabi. However, he wanted to fight before that. As mentioned by Costa, he is now all set to fight against Aliskerov. However, Costa is still eyeing Chimaev. The verbal war between the two fighters has been going around for months in both interviews and on social media platforms.

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In April, ‘Borz’ took to his Twitter handle to call Costa a “coward.“ He tweeted, “Run coward run @BorrachinhaMMA.” It seems that only an octagon fight can bring the rivalry between the two fighters to an end. Do you think that the bout between Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev will come to fruition? Let us know in the comments below.

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