It sounds fancy Paulo Costa is bright to resume his UFC career. Now that the middleweight has attain to an agreement with the promotion relating to his novel contract, ‘Borrachinha’ feels ready to begin bright about who he goes to fight subsequent.
In an interview with Ag Fight, Costa defined that the man who would ticket the most sense for him to fight subsequent is none as adversarial to Khamzat Chimaev, especially if they would well fight in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. If that pairing can’t be made, Costa believes a fight in opposition to mature champion Robert Whittaker would even be becoming, on memoir of the pair became supposed to meet in February before Borrachinha withdrew.
“Now we maintain got two alternate choices. To wait and plan this fight in October (in opposition to Chimaev), or plan any other before that. Intellectual now we are working with the UFC, on memoir of it interests both parties. Once the money space, which became the obstacle, became solved, we’re fully drawn to working along side them to ticket the excellent promoting imaginable, receive the excellent engagement and ticket excellent fight. The person that makes most sense. That fight in Abu Dhabi would possibly perchance well be spacious. We’re going to clutch the opposite crucial parts in the upcoming days. However we’re working with the UFC to have and desire the excellent fight,”
“I maintain Whittaker would even be a gargantuan fight, in case something were to happen with Chimaev.” Costa said. “I restful reveal the fight in the Center East makes worthy more sense if it’s in opposition to Chimaev, nonetheless any of them—Chimaev or Whittaker—would possibly perchance well be a gargantuan fight.”
In the same interview, Paulo’s supervisor and fiancee, Tamara Alves, defined why the UFC ought to restful be drawn to the Chimaev fight. For Alves, she believes that the pairing would sell effectively in the Asian market.
“The UFC is drawn to both fights, nonetheless they truly plan sight that the ability of a fight in opposition to Chimaev is grand. It’s Abu Dhabi, there’s that Asian market. They know Chimaev and Paulo maintain an right rivalry and that would possibly perchance well support promoting the fight. So who Paulo goes to fight is reckoning on what the promotion must plan with the product, with Paulo and the opposite athletes, too.”
In his final stir back and forth, Costa (14-2) defeated mature champion Luke Rockhold by technique of unanimous resolution. The fetch snapped a two-fight losing skid for the 31-12 months-mature, who suffered consecutive losses to Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori.
