WATCH: Shavkat Rakhmonov kills a wolf in the snow to send a scary message to Khamzat Chimaev

Shavkat Rakhmonov shares controversial video that fires up the rivarly with Khamzat Chimaev...

WATCH: Shavkat Rakhmonov kills a wolf in the snow to send a scary message to Khamzat Chimaev

Shavkat Rakhmonov is a Kazakh professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the welterweight division in the UFC and remains undefeated. Recently he shared something quite controversial on social media involving a wolf, that has left many people pissed.

Khamzat Chimaev who people believe is the intended target of the post is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler. Chimaev also competes in the welterweight division of the UFC.

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The two have traded shots at each other on social and the rivalry seems to only get bigger and bigger. Both are undefeated fighters in the welterweight division with Shavkat holding a record of 17-0 while Chimaev stands at 12-0.

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News of Khamzat Chimaev moving up the weight class from welterweight to middleweight has been going on forever now, with Chimaev even challenging current middleweights like champion Alex Pereira and Robert Whittaker. But this hasn’t stopped the feud and rivalry between Rakhmonov and Chimaev. After Rakhmonov uploaded a video that is currently under fire for animal abuse, their online feud took a turn for worse.

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What did Shavkat Rakhmonov do?

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Khamzat goes by the nickname Borz which in Chechen means “wolf”. Shavkat has taken advantage of this information many times on social media to refer to Chimaev while targeting him, directly or indirectly. The wolf has a special meaning in Chechen culture.

In Chechnya, the wolf is a symbol of endurance and courage. Wolves are often mentioned in songs, stories, and legends in the Chechen culture. Shavkat Rakhmonov recently shared a video of a man holding a dead wolf in his Instagram story, where he was tagged. It isn’t Rakhmonov who killed the wolf but someone else, but fans believe it was a reference to his Chechen rival.

Rakhmonov deleted the Instagram story quickly, but Chimaev noticed it and responded after hearing about it. Chimaev wasn’t going to let Rakhmonov get away with this. He shared another version of the video and uses some illustrative emojis to highlight how he felt about it.

The two young fighters are some of the most talented prospects in the UFC. The two share the same weight class and their faceoff will surely attract a lot of attention. They are still in the early stage of their career and Shavkat Rakhmonov even shared his willingness of fighting Chimaev. Therefore we may soon see the two talents going head-to-head in the octagon.

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