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Morning Report: Khamzat Chimaev downplays alleged feud with Khabib Nurmagomedov: ‘I love him’

Khamzat Chimaev does not want problems with Khabib Nurmagomedov. In fact, “Borz” says the whole beef was a misunderstanding in the first place.

Earlier this year, an alleged feud between Chimaev and Khabib began simmering when Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov diminished Nurmagomedov’s accomplishments by calling him “a UFC project” and stating that Chimaev was the superior fighter and Chimaev himself said that he would “smash” Khabib should the two fight. Ever the statesman, Khabib downplayed the criticism and refused to get entangled in feud with Kadyrov and Chimaev and now it seems that Chimaev is walking back his statements.