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No Cage? No Problem For Parking Lot Paulo

WHAT'S THE STORY?

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The “juice” is loose.

UFC middleweight Paulo Costa is fed up with all the online trash talk from top contender Khamzat Chimaev and wants to settle their beef once and for all. Since “Borz” is scheduled to fight Dricus Du Plessis for the 185-pound title at UFC 319

, there’s little chance “The Eraser” will get his hands on Chimaev in the foreseeable future.

Unless they cross paths inside a restaurant or parking lot.

“Khamzat is a coward, he’s a c*nt,” Costa told Submission Radio. “I need to fight him

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in this in some way. If he retires, I think this is pretty much possible. But then I need to find him in some restaurant, in some parking lot. Or you know, I need to find another place to fix my business, my deal with him. I’m coming for you. You know that I will not lay for anyone. I don’t need that. You know who I am. And I know who the f*ck you are. I’m coming for you.”

Parking lot fist fights are all the rage these days.

Costa and Chimaev nearly came to blows ahead of the UFC 279 pay-per-view (PPV) back in late 2022 and have been at each other’s throats ever since. “The Eraser” is slowly working his way back up the official middleweight rankings after disposing of Roman Kopylov at UFC 318 and could eventually hunt down his longtime rival at some point in 2026.

Assuming Chimaev doesn’t get “fraud checked” between now and then.

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