The UFC star spoke about world peace, even though he had the sons of a brutal dictator in his corner.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic caused a stir in Sweden on Sunday.
The football star, who ended his playing career last season, was watching the UFC 294 event in Abu Dhabi.
After the match, Ibrahimovic posed for a group photo with the star player Hamzat Chimayev with. In the picture among others, a Swedish actor was involved Ilir Latifi and the Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov two boys.
Chimayev won the second main match of the night Kamaru Usmani by unanimous vote.
Chimaev, who rose to the top of the middle division, previously represented Sweden in the freestyle match, but switched to the United Arab Emirates flag a month ago.
Chimayev fled from Chechnya to Sweden at the age of 12. However, the distances to the birthplace are warm. Chimayev belongs to Kadyrov’s inner circle. Kadyrov, on the other hand, is known as the president of Russia Vladimir Putin as a war partner. Human rights organizations according to Kadyrov’s army is responsible for the destruction of rebel forces and many killings and kidnappings.
Contradictory speeches
Hamzat Chimayev defeated Kamaru Usman by unanimous decision. EPA / AOP
When the verdict was announced, Chimayev wildly celebrated his significant victory in the cage late Saturday night.
After that, the ex-UFC champion Daniel Cormier interviewed the freestyle star who decided to talk about politics.
– Everyone sees what is happening in the world. It’s not great to sit in a cage when children are dying in different countries because of wars. It doesn’t matter if it’s Ukrainians, Syrians, Palestinians or Americans. When children die, it is wrong, Chimayev declared.
Despite the political stance, Chimayev wanted to invite Kadyrov’s teenage children to his corner for the match.
Immediately after the match, Chimaev published a picture on his Instagram account, where he posed with Ramzan Kadyrov, who also shed blood in Ukraine.