The one-time title challenger is winless in his past two outings, dropping a unanimous decision to Vettori and suffering a second-round technical knockout loss to current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Ismail also said that Costa does not have an opponent set for his return, but will be willing to meet whoever the promotion offers. There is no doubt his next fight will take place in the middleweight division.” “They know that ‘Borrachinha’ was injured and that’s why he had problems with his weight. “The UFC is not the biggest fighting company in the world by chance,” said Ismail (via Sherdog). Ismail recently shared with Marcelo Alonso of Sherdog that his client will indeed fight again at his original weight class. His manager - Wallid Ismail - said that he would speak to White about allowing Costa to continue his career at middleweight, and it appears as though the talk went well. The fight between Costa and Vettori was initially supposed to be contested at 185 pounds but would instead happen at 205 pounds after the Brazilian admitted he would be unable to make weight.īecause of the weight drama during fight week, UFC president Dana White said Costa would be competing at light heavyweight going forward, which ‘Borrachinha’ rejected. 5 ranked contender was nearly ousted from the division following his most recent appearance against Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 41 this past October. It is official: Paulo Costa is staying at middleweight.
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