Khamzat Chimaev continued to brush off Paulo Costa. Costa (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is eager to fight with Chimaev after accusing him of sending his wife "nasty" messages on Instagram. Chimaev denied ever doing that, but Costa still insists on settling his grudge with him.

The top lightweight contender made weight as the backup fighter for UFC 317’s main event, which concluded with Ilia Topuria knocking out Charles Oliveira to become champion at 155 pounds. Since then, Tsarukyan has frequently had his claim to the next shot rejected by the new titleholder.

Ahead of his first appearance as a UFC pay-per-view main eventer this Saturday, Khamzat Chimaev offered up a comment that