Paulo Costa, the charismatic UFC fighter who has a knack for delivering entertaining content before his matches, is at it again weeks before his UFC 294 bout against Khamzat Chimaev. This time, he has included his long-term partner Tamara Alves in the midst.
Chimaev allegedly DMed Alves on Instagram and Costa posted a screenshot of the message. In the screenshot, Chimaev has allegedly texted Alves, “Haw [How] you can be together with this sh*t, he like black boys.”
With this text, there are also pictures of the bout between Israel Adesanya and Costa where ‘The Last Stylebender’ is seen sitting on Costa.
This guys is so scared.
So, his trying to affect you trough a women. But, I think he don’t know that I’m on this game for a long time and this type of thing just show his weakness. Don’t be scared Chen Chen— Tamara Alves (@Tamaraalves2) October 6, 2023
The Brazilian fighter posted the screenshot on X with the caption, “I [am] gonna report this harassment by Gourmet Chen Chen towards my girlfriend/future mother of my childres [children] and manager. I felt threatened by this handsome guy calling her on dm… please @Tamaraalves2… Don’t be fooled by that beautiful face… inshala.”
Alves joined the party with a reply to the tweet. She wrote, “This guys is so scared. So, his trying to affect you trough a women. But, I think he don’t know that I’m on this game for a long time and this type of thing just show his weakness. Don’t be scared Chen Chen”
Alves, who met Costa in 2013, has been his girlfriend for a long time now. She is also his manager, therefore, she would be adept at the mind games played by Costa. This is one of the many mind games that we can expect from Costa before the match.
Chael Sonnen believes Paulo Costa vs Khamzat Chimaev is the real main event of UFC 294
Chael Sonnen believes that the Middleweight bout between Costa and Chimaev is expected to be the show-stopper at UFC 294. The event also includes Islam Makhachev vs Charles Oliviera for the UFC Lightweight championship.
In a video uploaded on his YouTube channel, he said, “I believe that [UFC 294] main event…main attraction, Paulo Costa vs. Khamzat Chimaev…Here in North America, that’s the fight. And we generally won’t buy a pay-per-view, particularly with this level of excitement and anticipation for a co-main event, and generally Dana [White] would not make it co-main event that was so awesome, that it overshines his main event.”
He also explained how this is an important fight for the Middleweight division. The winner of this fight is highly likely to face Sean Strickland next for the UFC Middleweight title. UFC 294 is set to take place on October 21, 2023, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE.