UFC star Tatiana Suarez reveals that Khamzat Chimaev, a fellow MMA fighter, likes to wrestle in the sauna with her

UFC strawweight Tatiana Suarez revealed that she had to fight Khamzat Chimaev in a sauna.

Chimaev, who is undefeated, has made the UFC Performance Institute his main training place ahead of Gilbert Burns's welterweight match.

Suarez, who is also a frequent user of PI, has often encountered Chimaev at the sauna - where she jokingly tests out her wrestling skills.

She said to Helen Yee, "Whenever he (KhamzatChimaev), sees me at PI (Performance Institute), he comes up to me and kicks me – like shin-to-shin.

"I'm like, "What are you doing?" We don't even have any shin pads. I'm just saying, "What are you doing?"

"A great friendship, he (Chimaev), just came over and -the other day, was trying to like, wrestle with me in the sauna.

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"I was like, "Dude, what's happening right now?" I was like, "No, let's stop doing this right now."

On a packed UFC 273 card, Chimaev, a Wrestling phenom, will be in action against Burns, a former welterweight title contender.

The Chechen clubber will be able to win the Brazilian jiujitsu black belt and propel them to the top of title contention.

Burns, however, plans to spoil what many assume will be Chimaev’s coming out party. SunSport reported last month that Burns said: "Sometimes you just need to be there."

It's just not true. I am just focused on my performance, and will go out and do the best against a tough guy.

"I believe that I will win this fight. "I have had some issues with people's pre-fight thoughts [in the past].

"[I felt] many emotions about what people think. Particularly with the title fight against [Kamaru Uman]. I was listening to a lot of opinions.

"That was a huge learning curve in that fight. People often ask me, "What do you think of the odds?" It doesn't matter to me.

"At the end, I know who and what I'm with."

"These people are there for me, my family, and my team. Their opinions mean a lot.

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"But the media and the fans, the odds, they, I couldn’t care less [about them].

"I don’t believe it’s gonna be an announcement, but I believe it’s going to be the finish."