Paulo Costa is well and truly back. He recently fought Robert Whittaker and lost via a close decision. Costa is known for his flashy strikes and insane exchange volume. His fight with UFC legend Yoel Romero has to be in the hall of fame given the entertainment value that bout has. Costa wants to get back to his winning ways and clinch the UFC gold. He made some heavy claims against former champion Sean Strickland recently.
Paulo Costa has fought for UFC gold only once in his career. Costa made it clear that he wants to get closer to the UFC gold once more in his career.
Paulo Costa accuses Sean Strickland
Paulo Costa and Sean Strickland have been at the top of the Middleweight division for quite some time now. Sean Strickland even beat out the former champion to claim the UFC belt when he beat Israel Adesanya in a spectacular fashion. Paulo Costa is looking for a new opponent after taking on Robert Whittaker recently. Costa said,
Strickland turned down a fight in June.
Paulo Costa made it clear that Sean Strickland turned down a fight against him recently. Costa supposedly wanted a scrap in the month of June. Strickland replied that whenever a fight is offered to him he just cares about the amount of money he’s paid and not the opponent. Costa was sure to call out Strickland in public and let the world know that the former champion didn’t want to fight him.
Sean Strickland last fought in January and lost his Middleweight strap to Dricus Du Plessis. He made it clear that he wants to take on the champion once again. Given the fact that how close the bout between the two Middleweights was. The fight could have gone either way and Sean is of the belief that he won the scrap between the two Middleweights.
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It’ll be interesting to see who fights who in the middleweight division in the near future.
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