Colby Covington doesn’t suppose a lot of Khamzat Chimaev.
Final month, Chimaev delivered one of the most dominant performances in UFC history, handily defeating Dricus Du Plessis to seize the undisputed middleweight championship in Chicago.
Since then, a lot has been mentioned about Chimaev’s victory, with some defending the Chechen’s relentless wrestle-heavy assault, whereas others have lambasted ‘Borz’ over his “boring” fashion and lack of exercise. Providing his tackle Chimaev’s efficiency, Covington has no alternative however to present credit score the place credit score is due. After all, that didn’t cease ‘Chaos’ from shredding the undefeated famous person.
“Yeah, Khamzat, man,” Covington informed Helen Yee. “If he’s not scamming his mates out of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on these crypto meme cash, then he’s on the market successful UFC world titles. So, congrats to him. He’s nonetheless a bit of filth and I do know all of the followers hate him.”
In July 2024, Chimaev was concerned in a crypto pump-and-dump scheme when he promoted a meme coin known as “$SMASH”. After he and his workforce promoted the coin on social media, its worth elevated, and insiders allegedly offered their holdings, inflicting the value to crash and leaving followers with main losses.
Chimaev’s supervisor, Majdi Shammas, claimed that the UFC fighter was misled by a gaggle of purported followers and by no means instantly concerned within the crypto scheme.
Chimaev has not but booked his first middleweight title protection, although a challenger may emerge this weekend when the UFC heads to Paris for a loaded Struggle Evening card. In the primary occasion of the night, Nassourdine Imavov will put his No. 1 ranking on the line in opposition to surging 185-pound standout Caio Borralho — the winner probably rising as the primary man up for Chimaev.
