Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says a phone conversation with Khamzat Chimaev on Monday struck a chord with the UFC fighter who had seemingly hinted at retirement on Instagram earlier that day. In an Instagram post of his own Tuesday, Kadyrov revealed that a conversation between him and Chimaev took place shortly after Chimaev’s original posts pointed at health struggles due to lingering COVID-19 symptoms. Kadyrov’s post included a screenshot appearing to be a FaceTime between him and Chimaev. “Khamzat said that the recovery from illness is slow, and, trying to be honest and frank with the fans, he decided not to give them hope,” Kadyrov wrote (translation via Google’s online translator)
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