Paulo Costa thought it was pretty clever of Khamzat Chimaev to challenge newly minted UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira.
Following his fifth-round TKO of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281 earlier this month, Pereira was declared ‘easy money’ by Chimaev, who wrote he would finish the new champion in one [round]. After seeing how Pereira struggled on the ground with Adesanya, the undefeated upstart wasted no time trying to get a fight on either UFC 282 or UFC 283. As far as former title contender ‘Borrahchina’ is concerned that was a smart approach by the Allstars Training Center fighter.