Newly minted UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev has agreed to bury the hatchet with Henry Cejudo.
The long-running feud between the two dates back to 2022. Chimaev had left his hat after recording a podcast episode with ‘Triple C’ and The Schmo. For another episode of ‘The Triple C & Schmo Show,’ Cejudo and his co-host presented Chimaev’s hat to the next guest, Paulo Costa.
During the show, Costa appeared to stuff the hat into his pants and rub it against his genitals. After this incident, Khamzat Chimaev blocked Cejudo on social media.
On the other hand, Chimaev and Costa have been at odds for quite some time. They had one verbal altercation at the UFC PI in 2022 and never fail to challenge each other. Costa and Chimaev were scheduled to fight at UFC 294, but ‘The Eraser’ withdrew due to a serious staph infection in his elbow and was replaced by Kamaru Usman, who lost to Chimaev by majority decision on short notice.
Earlier this year, Costa accused Chimaev of it slideg in his girlfriend’s Instagram DMs. However, Chimaev denied the allegations.
Costa would like to fight ‘Borz’ and wants to ‘hurt him really bad’ in the fight octagon.
Recently, after Cejudo’s last dance at UFC 323, the latter wanted to apologize to the Chechen-born Emiratis. The former double UFC champion told Red Corner MMA:
“I want to apologize to Khamzat. For the reason you mentioned. The fact that he knows the Saitiev brothers. If I could say anything to Khamzat. I’m sorry, man. You’re a legend. You paid the debts to the guys I looked up to.”
Check out Henry Cejudo’s comments below:
Khamzat Chimaev accepts Henry Cejudo’s apology
Red Corner MMA also recently interviewed Khamzat Chimaev at the IBA World Championships in Dubai. During the interaction, ‘Borz’ claimed that he is not too arrogant to refuse to forgive someone who has expressed remorse. He said:
“I don’t know what reaction to give. It’s just that Americans have a tendency to talk nonsense in interviews. Then when you meet them in person, they shake your hand as if nothing happened. That’s not our mentality. A person has to be sincere on the street, in interviews, everywhere. Of course, I’m not so proud that I wouldn’t forgive someone who asks for forgiveness.”
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