Khamzat Chimaev seems ready to return to the cage, maybe a little too much. At the Olympic Games in Paris, Chimaev allegedly started a verbal confrontation with former UFC champion Henry Cejudo.
Henry Cejudo Details Exchange With Khamzat Chimaev
On his Pound 4 Pound podcast with former UFC champion Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo talked about the encounter:
“Guess who was at the Olympics and trying to fight the ‘Triple C’? I think these dudes take sh*t so personal. I believe as an analyst you have to tell the truth. Yeah, I am comical but typically I do say certain things because I mean it. So that’s why I think [he was upset]. He was in the ticket line, I was outside trying to get my damn tickets. Then he sees me and he’s like, ‘Henry Cejudo, you’re a rat piece of sh*t.’
“I had a feeling this dude kinda had it because he blocked me from all the social media stuff. I’m just like, ‘Why? Why am I a piece of sh*t?’ And he just said I’m a piece of sh*t.”
Cejudo Questions Chimaev’s Mental State
Henry Cejudo also questioned Chimaev’s mental status heading into his UFC return against Robert Whittaker in October.
“This is probably like 50 feet away,” Cejudo continued. “He was with like six dudes and it was just me outside with Captain Eric (Albarracin) and his sparkly shirt, so I just left it. I was like ‘There’s too many of you guys.’ But that wouldn’t be the place to fight me. You give me an AR-15 it’s even, it’s on. I’m a troll, 100 percent, but to the level of trolling that I do, I’m a level of extreme more so as a competitor.
“Something like this can really hurt Khamzat in the sense of him being truly emotional, because how many fights has he pulled out of and how many fans and trolls do you think are trolling him? How upset could you get? The last thing you want to do is fight emotional.”
Quotes via MiddleEasy
Watch Cejudo’s full account of the story on his podcast below:
It’s a shame that Chimaev is so eager to fight outside the cage because he’s still struggling to get in it.
Henry Cejudo has reached a stalemate in his career recently, with losses to Merab Dvalishvili and Aljamain Sterling in his last two. Before his last fight, Cejudo had said he would retire with a loss but later backtracked the claim. The former two-division champion’s fighting future is certainly in question, and it will be interesting to see where he goes from here.
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