A trio of former UFC champions have become the latest athletes to be invited to Chechnya at the behest of the republic’s warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.
Kamaru Usman, Justin Gaethje and Henry Cejudo have all been photographed at the Russian Special Forces University, a private academy in Gudermes, Chechnya, devoted to training special forces prior to joining the Russian army. The former champs were given a tour of the complex before testing out various firearms, including grenade launchers.
The fighters, whose visit to the special forces academy in Chechnya comes in the wake of Kadyrov’s ongoing participation in Russia’s war on Ukraine, also attended a birthday party for one of Kadyrov’s teenage sons.