UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi was supposed to unfold very differently from how it did! Middleweight contender Paola Costa was supposed to face Khamzat Chimaev, but the Brazilian withdrew two weeks prior due to a severe staph infection that forced him under the knife. ‘Borz,’ in the meantime, defeated Kamaru Usman via majority decision. However, the rivalry between Costa and Chimaev didn’t end there. ‘The Eraser’ returned to the octagon in February 2024!

It started his two-fight skid before he defeated Roman Kopylov in July. After the win, he appeared on ‘The Ariel Helwani Show’ to reveal an exchange his wife, Tamara Alves, had with Chimaev ahead of their canceled bout. “He said, ‘Your man is not a man enough. He likes men,’” Costa claimed. “He sent her a picture of [Israel] Adesanya and m

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