#UFC Stockholm

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–When it came to casting his action thriller Boy Kills World, director Moritz Mohr tells GamesRadar+ and the Inside Total Film podcast that Skarsgård wasn’t his first thought. "I saw him obviously in the It movies and a couple more movies and I was like, 'Yeah, fantastic actor,' but I would be lying if I told you I was pointing at him going like, 'Yeah, he needs to be the next action guy,'" Mohr says. "I didn't even know he was interested in that and we were looking at one point at action guys. Who can do a lot of the action themselves? So we don't have to double everything and it was coming from a very practical side and somebody suggested Bill, I was like, 'Well, would he do it?'

He's amazing," adds the director. "He's super expressive with his face, that alone is one big selling point for Boy and he’s a very physical actor but no action movies come to mind. [On] that first call with him, he was amazing and I was like, 'So yeah, we got the acting part covered, of course, you would knock it out of the park and I know that, but are you up for doing action?' and he's like, 'Absolutely. Big MMA, UFC fan. I want to get in shape. I want to train. I want to do this the right way.' I was like, 'Okay, if you say, so I'm inclined to trust you there.

Mohr goes on to say that he was so impressed with the actor’s transformation for the final movie. "We sent somebody over to Stockholm to train with him, the basics, and he really committed to that part," he adds. "When I saw him on the first day of shooting without a shirt, that was something, he really delivered on his promise."

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Bernardo Sopai biography: 13 things about UFC fighter from Patos, Albania

Bernardo Sopai (Bernardo Sopaj) is an Albanian professional mixed martial artist. Here are 13 more things about him: He was born in Fier, Albania. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. His fight name is The Lion King. He competes in the bantamweight division. He trains at Allstars Training Center in Stockholm,…

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Russian UFC fighter weighs in on Koran-burning row

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Russian UFC fighter weighs in on Koran-burning row

Khamzat Chimaev said Muslims in Sweden should be shown respect after far-right figure Rasmus Paludan publicly burned a copy of the holy book

Russian-born UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev has said Muslims cannot look the other way after a far-right political was permitted to publicly burn a copy of the Koran in Chimaev’s adopted homeland of Sweden. Danish-Swedish lawyer Rasmus Paludan, who leads the right-wing ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party in Denmark, set fire to the book on Saturday near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Police had permitted Paludan to carry out the desecration of the Muslim holy book, despite an outcry from Turkish officials and criticism from among the Swedish political elite.  Chimaev, 28 made his feelings clear in an Instagram post to his 4.7 million followers on Sunday. “He is a terrorist for us,” wrote the fighter in Swedish, sharing an image of Paludan holding a copy of the Koran.

Chimaev signaled his fury online.

©  Instagram / Khamzat Chimaev

“I am Muslim but have never been against anybody’s religion and have never done what he’s done to anybody’s religion. Why do you let him do this Sweden?” added the MMA star, along with a series of ‘thumbs-down’ emojis. “We all shouldn’t keep quiet, you call us brothers so show us some respect.” Chimaev was born in Chechnya but moved to Sweden in his late teens and fights out of the Allstars Gym in Stockholm. Throughout his rise in the UFC – where he has won all six of his fights to date – Chimaev has maintained close contact with his Chechen birthplace and is often seen alongside local leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his family.

READ MORE: Rivals all running scared, says feared Chechen UFC sensation

Chimaev was far from the only figure to be angered by the actions of Paludan. Protesters set a Swedish flag ablaze in Istanbul later on Saturday in response to the actions of the far-right figure. The row also comes as Sweden and Finland bid to join military alliance NATO – of which Türkiye is already a member. NATO members must give unanimous consent before any new nations are admitted into the alliance.

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I’m interested in film festivals so I checked and BKW’s big premiere is tonight at TIFF. If Bill decides to not show up I can’t in any way see how this is a strategic decision. It’s not like tonight conflicts with Stellan’s event and he can make the excuse that he wanted to honor his Papa. And he can’t pretend he had other engagements or is sick when he was seen out and about at a UFC game. Don’t get me wrong I’m happy to see photos of him looking healthier and smiling but not attending a premiere in which he was the titular character seems like a poor career move as well as a possible insult to the director, cast and crew. Hopefully I’m wrong and he’ll take a last minute flight from Stockholm but…. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Any time I try to look up if he even can attend I get mixed signals. Some sources say no, others say it depends on the company and what rules they are under, some say actors can go to film festivals but not premieres. Some sources say they can go to things but not promote any of their work. Then, of course as I said, it depends on the company and the contracts and all of that. Since we don’t know what kind of deal Bill has with that production or what specifics the rules are we don’t know what he can do. I would think he’d at least be able to go to the festival and just generally be around like other actors are and not attend the premiere but it’s hard to find a solid answer on that too. Maybe he’s not allowed to go because of the strike. Maybe he’s choosing not to go. It would be really hard to tell without knowing the details of the project and his contracts which I’m sure we never will.

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a     detailed     rundown     of     #𝙹𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂𝙽𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙰𝚄'𝚂     filmography     , fight record and accolades     .

𝐈𝐌𝐃𝐁     𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐒     . 

the hateful eight as director and screenwriter , pre - production .

kill bill: vol. 1 as director and screenwriter , pre - production .

pulp fiction as director and screenwriter , 2022 . 

once upon a time in hollywood as director and screenwriter , 2019 .

django unchained as director and screenwriter , 2017 .

jackie brown as director and screenwriter , 2015 .

reservoir dogs as director and screenwriter , 2013 .

inglorious basterds as director and screenwriter , 2011 .  

accolades : 2x oscar winner for best original screenplay ( django unchained and pulp fiction ) , 2x bafta winner for best original screenplay ( django unchained and pulp fiction ) , palme d'or at cannes film festival ( pulp fiction ) , 4x golden globe winner for best motion picture and best screenplay ( django unchained , once upon a time in hollywood , and pulp fiction ) , 3x national board of review awardee for best film , best director ( once upon a time in hollywood and pulp fiction ) , icon of the decade award by the empire awards , lifetime achievement award by the rome film festival .  

𝐌𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃     .  

upcoming : ufc 264 ( las vegas , nevada )

2022 : ufc 257 ( abu dhabi , united arab emirates ) win by technical knockout , 24 - 3 .

2022 : ufc 246 ( las vegas , nevada ) win by majority decision , 23 - 3 .

2020 : ufc 229 ( las vegas , nevada ) loss by submission , 22 - 3 .

2019 : ufc 205 ( new york city , new york ) loss by submission , 22 - 2 .

2018 : ufc 202 ( las vegas , nevada ) win by knockout , 22 - 1 .

2016 : ufc 196 ( las vegas , nevada ) win by technical knockout , 21 - 1 .

2016 : ufc 194 ( las vegas , nevada ) win by knockout , 20 - 1 .

2015 : ufc 189 ( las vegas , nevada ) win by technical knockout , 19 - 1 .

2014 : ufc fight night ( boston , massachusetts ) win by technical knockout , 18 - 1 .

2014 : ufc 178 ( las vegas , nevada ) win by technical knockout , 17 - 1 .

2012 : ufc fight night ( london , england ) win by technical knockout , 16 - 1 .

2011 : ufc fight night ( boston , massachusetts ) win by unanimous decision , 15 - 1 .

2010 : ufc on fuel tv ( stockholm , sweden ) win by technical knockout , 14 - 1 .

2010 : signs to the ufc .

2010 : cage warriors ( dublin , ireland ) win by knockout , 13 - 1 .

2009 : cage warriors ( dublin , ireland ) win by submission , 12 - 1 .

2009 : cage warriors ( london , england ) win by knockout , 11 - 1 .

2008 : cage warriors : fight night ( amman , jordan ) win by technical knockout , 10 - 1 .

2008 : full contract contender ( manchester , england ) win by technical knockout , 9 - 1 .

2008 : full contract contender ( manchester , england ) win by knockout , 8 - 1 .

2007 : cage contender ( dublin , ireland ) win by knockout , 7 - 1 .

2007 : cage warriors ( newcastle , england ) win by technical knockout , 6 - 1 .

2006 : cage warriors ( liverpool , england ) win by knockout , 5 - 1 .

2006 : cage warriors ( dublin , ireland ) win by techincal knockout , 4 - 1 .

2006 : cage warriors ( london , england ) win by technical knockout , 3 - 1 .

2005 : cage warriors ( london , england ) loss by submission , 2 - 1 .

2005 : cage contenders fight stars ( liverpool , england ) win by technical knockout , 2 - 0 .

2005 : cage of truth ( dublin , ireland ) win by technical knockout , 1 - 0 .

general accolades : espys best fighter ( 2016 ) , espn fighter of the year ( 2015 ) , bleacher reports fight of the year diaz vs. nassau 2 ( 2022 ) and fighter of the year ( 2022 ) , rolling stones hottest sex symbol of 2015 , times top 100 most influential people ( 2018 ) , 3x international fighter of the year , 3x cage warriors champion ,

ufc accolades : fastest title fight victory in ufc history ( 13 seconds ) , tied for second most performance of the night awards in ufc history ( with 7 ) , most consecutive performance of the night awards in ufc hisory ( 5 in a row ) , first simultaneous multi - division champion in ufc history ( welterweight and middleweight ) , knockout of the night ( 2 ) .

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leonardo santos knocks out stevie ray with one punch and then decides to just walk off at ufc stockholm 🤨

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A sceptical Jon Jones pays tribute to Alex Gustafsson after his retirement from MMA

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More KO’s is coming! 😎 * * * * * * * @thefirmcommunity @gamactica_ @dr_r1ck @thepurplewarmachine @ggalactic_gaming #twitch #twitchstreamer #twitchtv #twitchaffiliate #english #gaming #stockholm #sweden #supportallstreamers #thefirmcommunity #supportsmallstreamers #europe #global #easportsufc #easportsufc4 #ufc #xboxone (at Stockholm, Sweden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEB5E2CnEJJ/?igshid=1y0pvnpdctxkk

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Kelly Gale & Joel Kinnaman's Getaway — Vogue Scandinavia 2022 Aug/Sep Issue

“We had some real, underlying issues”: Joel and Kelly on the realities of a very modern, Hollywood romance

By Allyson Shiffman

August 16, 2022

Photo: Ellen von Unwerth

Joel Kinnaman and Kelly Gale can’t keep their hands off each other. Outrageously attractive and unabashedly in love, the recently-engaged Swedish power couple are a fairytale come to life. But, as it turns out, the road to happily ever after was filled with plot twists, obstacles and a proposal that played out considerably different from how it appeared on Instagram. Ellen von Unwerth captures their steamy love story at the Kinnaman’s country house for Vogue Scandinavia's anniversary issue

Joel Kinnaman and Kelly Gale are lying on a small patch of beach two hours north of Stockholm, kissing. It is a moment so intimate, it appears they have forgotten the 10 or so onlookers and the snap of photographer Ellen von Unwerth’s camera. “I almost feel embarrassed to watch,” remarks our fashion assistant. One bystander, however, is unbothered; Zoe, Joel and Kelly’s rescue dog, saunters into the scene and plops down on the beach directly between the couple and the camera, her wagging black tail whomping Kelly in the face.

On the drive home from the Kinnaman’s summer property, a vast plot of seaside land with several structures and enough beds to house an expanding family, the entire Vogue Scandinavia team will remark on the magic of this couple. So wildly attractive, so unabashedly in love and so prepared to embark on their next chapter – marriage, children, further career milestones.

“Are we going to tell the real story?” Kelly asks Joel with a grin when I inquire about their engagement, announced via Instagram early last year. A couple of weeks have passed since our cover shoot at the country house when Joel, Kelly and I meet for lunch in a private suite at Stockholm’s Diplomat Hotel. During the five or so minutes that we wait to be let up, Joel receives a hello and a fist-bump from an acquaintance in the lobby - proof that though he now lives in Malibu, he will always be a Stockholm boy.

We enter the suite and the 42-year-old actor places his Acne Studios shopping bag by the door (“Kelly got a jacket”) and we settle in around the dining room table. It began, as many modern romances do, with a DM. “It went down in the DMs,” Joel sings, referencing the 2016 Yo Gotti hit. It was not a move that typically worked on the 27-year-old who, as a Victoria’s Secret model, was accustomed to receiving messages from well-known bachelors. “Usually I would go in and see that the guy follows all of the Victoria’s Secret models,” she says. “But I went on his profile and he was only following me and, like, 100 people.” The only person they had in common was Barack Obama. “I passed the first test,” says Joel, proudly.

Seven months later, after one failed attempt to get her to join him at a UFC fight in New York, Joel managed to take Kelly on a sushi date in Los Angeles... sort of. “It was a little bit weird, because I had been trying to get out of my current relationship for a while,” Kelly says. It was an on-again-off-again situation with a guy she had been with since high school. So she assured herself that it wasn’t a date, that they were just “two people meeting up.” They didn’t even hug, but the chemistry was there.

The second meet-up was a hike in Malibu. “And then I got a hug,” says Joel, before quickly correcting himself. “Well...I didn’t get a hug, I gave her a hug.” Kelly interjects, “You tried to kiss me.” Joel was all in – he had already brought up the notion of having kids. When Kelly returned to New York, she officially called things off with her boyfriend.

Both Kelly and Joel came to be born in Sweden via unusual circumstances. Kelly’s mother was born in India and adopted by a Swedish family as a child. She met Kelly’s father, an Australian, while travelling in Thailand and returned with him to Gothenburg to start their family. “I honestly haven’t spent that much of my life here because we lived in Ghana for several years of my childhood,” Kelly explains. At 12, she was spotted by a model scout and shortly thereafter she was travelling the world. She walked her first Victoria’s Secret runway in 2013.

As for Joel, his American father, Steve Kinnaman, was drafted into the military during the Vietnam war. While stationed in Bangkok, befriending Europeans for the very first time and even attending the wedding of a half-Vietnamese bride, he couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that things didn’t “seem right.” When Steve received his orders to be shipped into combat, he decided he “wasn’t going to participate in the war.”

He burned his passport and went on the run, eventually escaping to Sweden and applying for political asylum. “And then he met my mum and they started a family,” Joel says. Today Steve and Bitte Kinnaman live full-time at the family summer house. On the day of our cover shoot, they warmly greeted our team, even offering up bathing suits to borrow in case anyone wanted to take a swim after we wrapped.

A knock at the door indicates lunch has arrived. Steamed white fish and veggies for both Joel and Kelly. “He’s on my Victoria’s Secret diet right now,” says Kelly, a self-described foodie and armchair nutritionist. Joel is preparing for a role that requires him to shed all his hard-earned muscles. I ask him how it’s going. “Oh, it’s miserable,” he says. “Luckily he never saw me get ready for the Victoria’s Secret show, or we would not have been a couple,” says Kelly.

Kelly was a “completely different person from now” on her first non-date with Joel. Gregarious and easy-going by nature, Joel loosened her up – taught her to enjoy life more. Brought out her goofy side. “I think it was her competitiveness and her professionalism that was getting in the way of everything,” he says, turning to Kelly. “You kind of realised that maybe you didn’t want to sacrifice everything for your career. It was sort of like...it’s not all going to fall apart if you have a little bit of this or try doing that. If you don’t allow yourself to try different things and see what you like and don’t like, what’s it all for?”

Kelly had gone from a “strict” household (her word) to a strict career. “It was very much ‘this is right and this is wrong’,” she explains. When she began pursuing modelling, the people around her were not entirely supportive, suggesting that she would fail or turn to drugs. Her competitive nature drove her to prove them dead wrong, to “never do a drug” and “never drink.”

As she describes it, she set up strict rules and boundaries for herself, so she could succeed in the competitive modelling landscape while protecting her mental and physical health. But then came Joel, who operates in shades of grey – open to experiences and various ways of seeing things. A no-bullshit, heart on his sleeve kind of guy (his mum is a therapist). It was refreshing and unexpected. “I was never gonna end up with some one with tattoos,” she says. Now she wants one herself – a homage to the couple’s two rescue dogs.

Joel is no stranger to a career-oriented physical transformation, current diet inclusive. He’s gone big and buff as Rick Flag in Suicide Squad and Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon and gaunt and pale as a tweaker-turned-detective in The Killing. For Joel, discovering acting was somewhat of a revelation. “I didn’t grow up thinking I was going to amount to much and I wasn’t really good at anything,” he says.

“It felt like all of a sudden, life had meaning in a way and it was a purpose and a goal. So when I started doing my first characters, I was prepared to be very self-destructive to get to where I needed to be.” Fulfilling the old school perception of the tortured artist, Joel was ready and willing to “embrace the darkness” if that’s what was called for.

These days he approaches things differently, drawing from personal experience without spiralling into depression or bouts of anxiety. “If I’m playing someone that’s an alcoholic, I don’t have to go on a six-week bender,” he says. When I ask if he’s referring to a specific role, he admits that he’s “dabbled in stuff that has been connected to a character,” mentioning The Killing specifically. “But wasn’t he, like, a meth addict?” I ask. “Yes,” he responds. Next up, Joel will play a revenge-seeking father in the John Woo-directed Silent Night. Presumably, no revenge was taken in preparation.

Lately Kelly has caught the acting bug as well. She had done theatre as a kid, but when modelling “took over” she abandoned the idea of acting, even as major self-tape requests came rolling in. She was asked to tape for Zendaya’s role in Dune, but she didn’t get around to it because she “didn’t want to send in a half ass tape or do a shitty job.” The audition request, however, coupled with the lack of model-related travelling during the pandemic, spurred her to dive into acting with signature dedication, working with a coach and self-taping obsessively.

“It’s a lot of work though, for me,” says Joel. “I’m captain self-tape at this point.” Kelly interjects, “He wants to direct, so it’s perfect.” The long hours have paid off – Kelly stars in forthcoming action film The Plane opposite Gerard Butler as well as a Netflix film, Uglies. “Now I’m prepared and ready to audition for Dune 2 instead,” she adds.

With their careers and relationship thriving, there was only one thing left to do: get engaged. Judging by their celebratory Instagram posts, the charming proposal anecdote recounted by Joel on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and that big, beautiful ring, it looked from the outside like the engagement played out like a fairytale (save for the fact that they nearly got arrested for hiking on private property in Hawaii). But here it comes – the aforementioned “real story”.

“I had said to Joel three weeks earlier that I am not ready to get married,” says Kelly. She had been saying it for months, in fact, repeatedly. She had told her friends and family that she was not ready for an engagement. She said that if Joel were to ask for their blessing or for assistance picking out a ring, that they were to stop him. She wanted to get engaged, just maybe “six months later.” Joel figured she didn’t really mean it. “Well, you don’t decide when I propose,” he told her.

Kelly’s response? “Well, you don’t decide the answer.” In January 2021, without consulting anyone, Joel bought a ring and planned the cinematic sunrise proposal. “I said yes, but I was kind of pissed,” Kelly says, adding, “It would have been so awkward if I had said no.”

After the engagement, Kelly felt “confused.” “I started Googling ‘sad after engagement’,” she says (as it turns out, it’s “a thing”). Given that she’s a moderate-sharer on Instagram, she felt obligated to post some thing romantic to commemorate the moment. “Yours forever,” she wrote beneath a selfie of her and Joel kissing, the ring centre stage. Now the whole world thought they were happily engaged, but things at home were still “weird”. “We had some real, underlying issues,” Joel now admits. “Like, foundational issues in our relationship that we hadn’t solved.”

He knew things weren’t perfect – what relationship is? – but he saw the engagement as a “doubling down.” The sort of guy to face things head on, Joel figured once they got engaged, all of the “heavy shit” between them would work itself out. “For me, it was like, I want this relationship to work. I want Kelly, I love her,” he says. Ever the pragmatist, Kelly wanted to solve their problems first, before committing to spending the rest of their lives together. She stopped wearing the ring.

In hindsight, she credits the mistimed engagement to her and Joel working through their “shit”. The mistimed engagement, and therapy. Or rather, a coach, named Mark. “We f ***ing love this guy,” says Joel. “Everyone deserves a Mark in their life.” They saw him “once or twice a week for almost a month,” working through their “deeper shit”. Building a foundation. “It was really brutal and painful, but then we got through it and it was like...” Joel mimes his brain exploding. “It felt like our relationship really started,” says Kelly. They agree that now, three years after they first went for sushi, they are in their honeymoon phase. Today she’s wearing her ring.

These days they still see Mark, though less regularly. They have the confidence to get through the tough parts – to weather the sometimes-chaos of a full life spent together. “Mark asked us if we play tennis, which we do,” says Joel. “He taught us that in a relationship, you’re always playing doubles, on the same team.” “Now I want to get married,” says Kelly. She turns to Joel and says, sweetly, “I love you so much.”

Photographer: Ellen von Unwerth Stylist: Ursula Wångander Talents: Kelly Gale and Joel Kinnaman Hair Stylist: Karolina Liedberg Makeup Artist: Anya De Tobon Nail Artist: Aida Ahadpour Photographer Assistants: Nominoe Queinnec, Mattias Sätterström Stylist Assistant: Amelie Langenskiöld Digital Operator: Gustaf Hagstrand Production: Kornelia Eklund Production Assistant: Anton Nilsson, Rebecka Thorén

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Stockholm, Sweden's Khamzat Chimaev wins 2 UFC wins in Abu Dhabi in 10 days

Stockholm, Sweden’s Khamzat Chimaev wins 2 UFC wins in Abu Dhabi in 10 days

Khamzat Chimaev, John Phillips (©UFC)

Khamzat “Borz” Chimaev, 26, of Stockholm, Sweden recently made two records in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In 10 days,  undefeated Chechen-Swedish mixed martial artist won his first two fights in the promotion, both of which took place on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

This made Chimaev the MMA fighter with the fewest days between UFC…

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Sweden’s Khamzat Chimaev earns 6th UFC win, submits Kevin Holland in Enterprise, Nevada

Sweden’s Khamzat Chimaev earns 6th UFC win, submits Kevin Holland in Enterprise, Nevada

Khamzat “Borz” Chimaev (Хамзат Чимаев), 28, of Sweden, Stockholm was one of the winners at “UFC 279“. It marked the Chechen-Swedish mixed martial artist’s sixth consecutive win in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Khamzat Chimaev (©UFC)

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Russian UFC fighter weighs in on Koran-burning row

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Russian UFC fighter weighs in on Koran-burning row

Khamzat Chimaev said Muslims in Sweden should be shown respect after far-right figure Rasmus Paludan publicly burned a copy of the holy book

Russian-born UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev has said Muslims cannot look the other way after a far-right political was permitted to publicly burn a copy of the Koran in Chimaev’s adopted homeland of Sweden. Danish-Swedish lawyer Rasmus Paludan, who leads the right-wing ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party in Denmark, set fire to the book on Saturday near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Police had permitted Paludan to carry out the desecration of the Muslim holy book, despite an outcry from Turkish officials and criticism from among the Swedish political elite.  Chimaev, 28 made his feelings clear in an Instagram post to his 4.7 million followers on Sunday. “He is a terrorist for us,” wrote the fighter in Swedish, sharing an image of Paludan holding a copy of the Koran.

Chimaev signaled his fury online.

©  Instagram / Khamzat Chimaev

“I am Muslim but have never been against anybody’s religion and have never done what he’s done to anybody’s religion. Why do you let him do this Sweden?” added the MMA star, along with a series of ‘thumbs-down’ emojis. “We all shouldn’t keep quiet, you call us brothers so show us some respect.” Chimaev was born in Chechnya but moved to Sweden in his late teens and fights out of the Allstars Gym in Stockholm. Throughout his rise in the UFC – where he has won all six of his fights to date – Chimaev has maintained close contact with his Chechen birthplace and is often seen alongside local leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his family.

READ MORE: Rivals all running scared, says feared Chechen UFC sensation

Chimaev was far from the only figure to be angered by the actions of Paludan. Protesters set a Swedish flag ablaze in Istanbul later on Saturday in response to the actions of the far-right figure. The row also comes as Sweden and Finland bid to join military alliance NATO – of which Türkiye is already a member. NATO members must give unanimous consent before any new nations are admitted into the alliance.

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Quick work

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Är UFC en barbarisk djursport eftersom människor slår varandra på grund av hat och inte kärlek?