{"id":457488,"date":"2022-09-07T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=457488"},"modified":"2022-09-07T09:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:50:27","slug":"paulo-costa-believes-verbal-altercation-with-khamzat-chimaev-was-just-for-show-hes-a-fake-gangster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-believes-verbal-altercation-with-khamzat-chimaev-was-just-for-show-hes-a-fake-gangster\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa believes verbal altercation with Khamzat Chimaev “was just for show”: “He’s a fake gangster”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paulo Costa and Khamzat Chimaev got into a heated argument at the UFC Performance Institute earlier this week that almost turned into an all-out brawl.<\/a> If you believe Chimaev, a fight was only avoided because his training partners held him back. According to Costa, the whole thing was just a show for the cameras.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Full Send MMA’s<\/a> Shawny Mack, the popular Brazilian middleweight described how ‘Borz’ and his team withdrew quickly after it looked like Costa was willing to throw down.<\/p>\n

“You know, I don’t think he was actually there for fight,” Costa said. “I think, you know, he was just for show something for the cameras because we are training, just me, Jake Shields and [Costa’s girlfriend] Tamara. You know, three guys and he had there with him ten guys of his team. And the door to the mat was open whole time and he was there, just to watch us. So if he would like to fight, why he didn’t jump in the mat and fight us? Maybe he was scared of Tamara, who was recording. Tamara is strong, man. Very tough. Maybe this.”<\/p>\n