“This is Wild” – Fans in Shock Over Khamzat Chimaev’s NSFW Message to Paulo Costa’s Partner

Middleweight Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev rivalry makes headlines for weird reasons, with 'Eraser' iterating what the Chechen Wolf texted.

“This is Wild” – Fans in Shock Over Khamzat Chimaev’s NSFW Message to Paulo Costa’s Partner

Khamzat Chimaev hits back at Paulo Costa’s UFC 318 callout and gets more response (Source: X)

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The fight world always knew that they needed the deep ends of the Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa rivalry. But they surely didn’t expect it to take up so much space again, in bulk action! After Costa’s UFC 318 PPV win, the friction between the two is yet again firing up.

For one, Khmzat Chimaev challenges for middleweight gold at the UFC 319 PPV main event at the United Center in Chicago. So the fight clique has some pent-up anticipation about him going up against equal -parts berserker and reigning champ Dricus Du Plessis in a skills test.

For another, Paulo Costa wasn’t even in equation for so long; ‘The Eraser’ erased himself with a second subsequent elbow surgery that took him out of this rivalry at UFC 294. Then, he incurred double losses; one to perennial middleweight Robert Whittaker, whom ‘Borz’ defeated via. Round 1 face-crank to earn title challenger stripes.

Costa was his ‘vintage’ violent self and logged an assured win at UFC 318; a first since edging out Luke Rockhold at UFC 278 PPV back in 2022. He wants to be present for the cage-side action at United Center for Chiamev’s fight. This week, though, the fighter detailed what it is that Chimaev did so wrong to Ariel Helwani.

No, no, I wasn’t. Look, look to everybody understand? Uh, the contest, I will say the context, please…We were in Abu Dhabi one month before the fight, something like that. One month, three weeks before the fight. The fight was on. I was there to fight him. I was training…for some reason I think for lack of confidence, he say, I’m gonna send a message for his woman. I will threaten her. I …will try to express my frustration, my lack of uh, confidence to her…

Paulo Costa on The Ariel Helwani Show for Uncrowned Combat

Costa further explained what he wrote first:

And he, he, he text Tamara. He say, you, you, your man is not a man enough… He’s a um…what did he say? Kind of. [Oh] Yeah…He said, look, he lost to the Adesanya. He likes black mans. He’s a kind of not man enough for you. You should look uh…for a better man than him. Something like that. Something no sense. This guy. I think he was very stressful. Stressed, uh, he was um, on um, stressed situation.

Paulo Costa explained

Back before their slated Abu Dhabi fight, Costa said Khamzat Chimaev texted his girlfriend and fight rep Tamara Alves, to badmouth him indirectly. Following his planned UFC 318 Octagon callout, the Chechen star tweeted that it was her who initiated it.

‘Borrachinha’ disagrees, having been there for much of it. He says Chimaev tried to initiate some color-charged orientation banter, instigating his rivalry with Kiwi-Nigerian Israel Adesanya. Costa, who started his UFC journey on a neat 5-0 stat, got his first title shot against Adesanya but fumbled it.

As wild as that is, it’s even more wild that all of a sudden this animosity is taking center stage, right ahead of the next PPV offering of UFC 319. As such, the matter has gotten many responses on X.

Fight fans react over what Khamzat Chimaev (allegedly) texted Paulo Costa and girlfriend

Khamzat Chimaev vs. DDP was to be the center of attention behind the next numbered card. The explosive Chimaev, while good for the beginning rounds, is unheralded and undefeated. There’s no telling where the fighter goes from here and/or if he snags the UFC 185-pound undisputed gold.

Fans react to Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev rivalry
Fans react to Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev rivalry (Source: X)

Meanwhile, Du Plessis touts a head-first, swing striking that couples with his days of K-1 style kickboxing. DDP has been a stout challenge that has taken out top crops and could be Chimaev’s stiffest test to date. However, with the revival of a classic ‘Paulo Costa’ comes along a revived rivalry and details on a text-thread. Here is how fans reacted to it:

For his part, Adesanya has long ended his rivalry and recently even lauded Costa’s UFC 318 return. However, a turning point in his domination over Costa in their matchup came in form of a questionable mount-hump after a bell. It went quite viral.

So, from DDP smooching his coach, to Adesanya painting his nails or even his mount ‘action’ – fans have stated that 185-pounders are z*sty by fashion! So some have taken a mickey that Costa might be similarly z*sty and Chimaev’s claims might be true.


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