Ariel ‘Dana White’ Helwani instigates matchup between Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev


Ariel ‘Dana White’ Helwani instigates matchup between Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev

Khamzat Chimaev- Paulo Costa

Paulo Costa recently appeared on the MMA Hour show hosted by popular MMA Journalist Ariel Helwani. During the conversation, Helwani asked Costa about his thoughts on fighting Chimaev. Ariel seemed interested in the matter and was trying his best to milk the situation in a way that Costa would agree to fight Chimaev next.

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Helwani was successful in his approach as Costa finally agreed that he wanted to fight Chimaev. Ariel Helwani imitated Dana White questioning Costa about who he wishes to fight next. The Brazilian mentioned that he disturbed Chimaev’s hype, focus and sleep which resulted in Chimaev stepping down from the main event at UFC 279 and consequently he wants to fight the “Borz”.

Paulo said: “I think yeah, Chimaev. I think because he’s on hype yeah I stole some of his hype, I stole his night sleep, I stole his cap, I stole his main event fight. Chimaev you need to do something m****** . I stole everything u had. So I think I need to fight that guy.”

Costa then revealed in the show that he’s the reason why Chimaev was angry, frustrated and missed the weight by 9 pounds. “He became so angry so stressed and he give up,” said Costa. A week ago nobody thought of putting Khamzat and Costa in a potential fight but it seems like the UFC has a new rivalry and the fans are up for it.

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How did the beef between Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev start?

Paulo Costa x Khamzat Chimaev
Costa (right) and Chimaev with his whole team standing across the cage

Paulo Costa is a jokester and likes to make fun of every other fighter online. The Brazilian frequently shares hilarious memes on his Twitter to entertain his fans. He has also posted memes making fun of Chimaev in the past, this might have been the reason that the ‘Borz’ was angry with him in the first place.

The pair met each other inside the UFC performance institute while training and things got heated up. In a viral video that surfaced on the internet, Chimaev was shouting at Costa and was being held by his team members. It looked like both the fighters were about to fight each other.

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There is a high possibility that Costa will get the opportunity to fight Chimaev as the Russian will most probably continue to fight in the middleweight division. Nevertheless, it’s going to be an amazing showdown if UFC decides to finalise it.

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