{"id":19022,"date":"2025-07-24T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19022\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:18:08","slug":"paulo-costa-confident-he-has-way-to-beat-anxious-khamzat-chimaev-this-is-pretty-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19022\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa confident he has way to beat &#8216;anxious&#8217; Khamzat Chimaev: &#8216;This is pretty easy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa won&#8217;t let go of his beef with Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n<p>Costa (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is irate at Chimaev for <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/paulo-costa-wants-hurt-coward-011022460.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:allegedly sending his girlfriend &quot;nasty&quot; DMs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly sending his girlfriend &#8220;nasty&#8221; DMs<\/a>, and is dead set on fighting him after their UFC 294 booking fell through. The former title challenger returned to the win column with a unanimous decision <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/ufc-318-results-paulo-costa-043026923.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:win over Roman Kopylov this past Saturday at UFC 318;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win over Roman Kopylov this past Saturday at UFC 318<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) challenges middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis Aug. 16 in the UFC 319 headliner from Chicago. Win or lose, Costa wants a piece of Chimaev, and is confident he has the blueprint to take out the undefeated phenom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is pretty easy, and I&#8217;m going to break down this, OK?,&#8221; Costa told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U-H3HxN8l10?si=4fynYRS85j23qadF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Submission Radio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Submission Radio<\/a>. &#8220;I can see this very clear in my mind right now, how it&#8217;s going to happen. He&#8217;ll be very stressful, anxious, and anger against me. Once the fight start, he will come, faint some punches, and then he going to shoot on my legs.\u00a0So, I&#8217;m going to spend some time defending his takedown, he&#8217;s going to try to push, push, push, and I think after one minute, maybe one and a half, he will be exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His arms and shoulders will be heavy. Heavy like a heavyweight. Then he will realize he don&#8217;t put my back on the mat, and he will be heavy and slow Maybe I&#8217;m not going to finish him in the very first round. I&#8217;m going to let him gas out everything that he had until he be like a dead man walking in the second round. Then I&#8217;m going to hit his belly as much as I can with front kicks, with body shots until I see he wants to give up. When I see that, I&#8217;m going to start to hit his face and make him uglier than he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to his fight with Kopylov, Costa couldn&#8217;t contain his emotions when asked about Chimaev during his media obligations. He sent a stern message to &#8220;Borz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m coming for you, you know that,&#8221; Costa concluded. &#8220;I will not lie to anyone.\u00a0I don&#8217;t need that. You know who I am, and I know who the f*ck c*nt you are. I&#8217;m coming for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/07\/24\/paulo-costa-confident-he-has-pretty-easy-way-to-beat-khamzat-chimaev\/85352729007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paulo Costa confident he has &#039;pretty easy&#039; way to beat Khamzat Chimaev;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paulo Costa confident he has &#8216;pretty easy&#8217; way to beat Khamzat Chimaev<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa won&#8217;t let go of his beef with Khamzat Chimaev. 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