YOEL ROMERO VS. PAULO COSTA ADDED TO UFC 241
A middleweight matchup between Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will take place at UFC 241, which can be set for August 17 in Honda Centre at Anaheim, California. With the main event for this card seeing Daniel Cormier try to defend the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in a rematch, Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for just 3 rounds. Bear in mind, this was assumed to be the main event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card prior to both men dropped off the card and the headliner finally became Ronaldo“Jacare“ Souza against Jack Hermansson. Now, after months of trash talking each other in interviews and on social networking, we’ll finally see Romero and Costa throw this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the news.
Romero (13-3) hasn’t fought since a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker past summer at UFC 225. Though Romero has dropped two of his last 3 trips to Whittaker, he combined in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold involving the Whittaker battles that demonstrated that at age 42 he’s still one of the top middleweights in the world. After starting his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 from the UFC alone with wins over the likes of the aforementioned Rockhold and Souza, and of course Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Brad Tavares, along with Derek Brunson. He comes from a wrestling background and has developed into one of the most devastating knockout artists that the UFC has ever observed, making him a special talent. Romero has looked amazing since linking the Octagon in 2013, and is now a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has finished all 12 of his ace MMA victories and has a perfect 4-0 record at the UFC which includes knockout wins over Uriah Hall, Johnny Hendricks, Oluwale Bamgbose and Garreth McLellan. He has the exceptional knockout capacity to go along with the look of a superstar that makes him a particular talent in this sport. Costa has been involved in some controversies lately involving USADA and the incentives that are athletic, but after all of that has been he’s finally been cleared to struggle. He’s one of the very best prospects in the middleweight division, and if he could conquer Romero inside this struggle he could jump into the title mix at 185lbs.
Though Costa has the capability to be an elite middleweight, until he can demonstrates he does this Romero should be preferred to win this fight. Even though he is one of the earliest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero is still one of the most dominant and proven fighters in the branch. Costa is a tremendous talent but still wants that one key marquee triumph before we could go and say he can beat a guy like Romero. The winner of the fight, regardless of who it is, should be in the mix for the name at 185lbs.
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