"I don't know, to be honest. He took issue with me... Previously, when we were in the gym, he seemed to get along with me just fine. Well, once I had a little clash with him, and the next day he was walking around with a gun, thinking I might attack him.
What was the reason? We had a group on social networks, the Dagestani guys were there too... There was some fighter who looked like a Chechen, and he wrote: 'I thought all Chechens were strong.' And I wrote in the group: 'American chicken, I'm going to beat you now.' And then he misunderstood me. That's how this situation happened."
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