Khamzat Chimaev tells Stephen Thompson, ‘leave Leon Edwards alone,’ issues own challenge

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Khamzat Chimaev decided to step on Stephen Thompson’s first ever social media callout on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, “Wonderboy” doubled down on his interest to face Leon Edwards via Twitter, a request he made in a recent interview with MMA Fighting.

All due respect @Leon_edwardsmma , which I have a lot of for you, I have been saying I would like to fight you for a while now! It makes sense and would be a great match up.

I think that was my first Twitter call out ever. man that felt weird. #FirstTimeForEverything

— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) September 22, 2020 Around 10 hours later, the undefeated Chimaev, days after his impressive 17-second knockout win…