“This guy lowered his head and asked for forgiveness. If a man asks for forgiveness, I can forgive him. I am not an oppressor who would refuse to forgive”, said Khamzat Chimaev in reference to Sean Strickland.
“He said many unnecessary things. People asked me why I shook his hand and why I put the belt on him afterward”, Chimaev said about his behavior with Sean after losing the belt.
“We are not in the habit of talking or fighting after a loss. If we fight, we do it inside the cage, and we fight as best we could. What God has decided is no longer in our control”.
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