Don’t mess with me lil chenchen I send you
back home with smack straight in ur big forehead 😂😂 my right arm is
working already 🔥🧃🤜🔪 pic.twitter.com/3mN1ATrWsw— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA)
October 21, 2023
Paulo
Costa didn’t fight as scheduled at
UFC 294, but that didn’t prevent him from getting into an
altercation with a fan while seated cageside.
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The Brazilian video posted a video to social media that shows a fan
leaping from the stands at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi in hopes of
confronting Costa. Security was able to hold both parties back, but
not before Costa appears threw a right hand at the onrushing
spectator. It is unclear what caused the scuffle.
Costa posted a message directed toward Khamzat
Chimaev in the caption of the video.
“Don’t mess with me lil chenchen I send you back home with smack
straight in ur big forehead my right arm is working already,” Costa
wrote.
“Borrachinha” was supposed to face Chimaev in the UFC 294 co-main
event, but Costa withdrew from the card due to a staph infection on
his elbow that required multiple surgeries. That didn’t prevent him
from attending UFC 294, and he was booed by those in attendance
when shown on camera.
Chimaev, meanwhile, earned a majority decision triumph against
short-notice foe Kamaru
Usman in the new co-main event, a victory that will presumably
earn him a middleweight title shot against reigning champion
Sean
Strickland.