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Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa have fired numerous insults and warnings at each other in the preceding months. But, when the two ran into each other in Abu Dhabi, ahead of their bout this Saturday at UFC… Read More

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Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa continue trade verbal shots as their title fight approaches, but according to the latter, he’s already in the champ’s head.

Costa has been booked to fight the middleweight champ at UFC 253,… Read More

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Jack Hermansson took another step towards fighting for the UFC’s middleweight title on Saturday, and if and he does, he believes Paulo Costa will be holding the belt.

Hermansson faced Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Island 2 on… Read More

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Paulo Costa has a more immediate goal, namely, winning the UFC’s middleweight title. But, if the undefeated fighter does that, Costa wants to challenge for the promotion’s light-heavyweight belt.

Costa (13-0) is expected to face middleweight champ Israel… Read More

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Israel Adesanya got by Yoel Romero on Saturday night and is still the UFC’s middleweight champ, but Paulo Costa was far from impressed with his performance.

Adesanya faced the powerful wrestler in the headliner of UFC 248,… Read More

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Recently Dana White confirmed that Paulo Costa has been sidelined due to surgery, and now Israel Adesanya’s calling for a fight with perennial, middleweight contender, Yoel Romero.

Costa was expected to fight the middleweight champ Adesanya next,… Read More

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Paulo Costa was expected to be next for UFC middleweight champ, Israel Adesanya. But, the promotion’s president Dana White has confirmed that likely won’t be the case.

Costa earned a decision win over longtime contender Yoel Romero… Read More

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Paulo Costa has let it be known in the past that he isn’t all that impressed with Israel Adesanya, and not surprisingly, he’s picking Robert Whittaker to beat “The Last Stylebender”.

Adesanya has been booked for… Read More

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It remains to be seen if Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa end up fighting in the Octagon. But, Costa has made it very clear he wants to face Adesanya and that he’s certain he’ll defeat the vaunted… Read More

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Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero are booked to fight again, as the UFC has announced the middleweight contenders will battle at UFC 241.

Recently the promotion confirmed that the bout has been added to the August 17th… Read More

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Following comments from Yoel Romero, who said he had heard a failed drug test could be why Paulo Costa isn’t eligible to fight him, the latter’s manager has denied that’s the case.

Romero was expected to fight… Read More

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Israel Adesanya moved his MMA record to 16-0 earlier this month, by defeating the legendary Anderson Silva, but clearly Paulo Costa wasn’t impressed by “The Last Style Bender”.

Adesanya faced Silva in the main event of UFC… Read More

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship was unable to finalize a bout between Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero last November, but the promotion is reportedly working on adding that contest to its upcoming schedule.

The UFC attempted to have… Read More

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The UFC’s reported plans to have Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero fight have been postponed again.

The promotion hoped to have the middleweights fight at UFC 230 earlier this month in New York City. But, Romero was… Read More

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Despite a recent announcement from the UFC that Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero are going to fight, November 3rd, it’s being reported that the latter has not agreed to the contest.

On Tuesday, the promotion announced that… Read More

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The line-up for the November 3rd, UFC 230 card is starting to build, as the promotion’s announced that Paulo Costa will take on #1 ranked, middleweight contender, Yoel Romero.

UFC 230 will take place at the Madison… Read More