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Costa (14-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Chimaev (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) were booked to fight at UFC 294 in October 2023, but Costa wound up withdrawing due to injury. Their rivalry dates back to a heated run-in at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas prior to Chimaev's UFC 279 win over Kevin Holland in September 2022.
The former UFC bantamweight champion recently posted a photo of him standing alongside Khamzat Chimaev during the challenger’s training camp. Dillashaw admitted during the podcast that he originally predicted that Dricus du Plessis would successfully defend the belt due to his superior cardio.