YOEL ROMERO VS. PAULO COSTA ADDED TO UFC 241
A middleweight matchup involving Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will take place at UFC 241, which is set for August 17 in Honda Centre at Anaheim, California. Together with the main event for this particular card viewing Daniel Cormier attempt to defend the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at a rematch, Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for only three rounds. Remember, this was assumed to be the main event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card prior to the two men fell off the card and the headliner finally became Ronaldo“Jacare“ Souza from Jack Hermansson. Now, after weeks of trash talking each other in interviews and on social media, we will eventually see Romero and Costa throw this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the information.
Romero (13-3) has not fought as a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker past summer at UFC 225. Though Romero has lost two of his past three outings to Whittaker, he mixed in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold involving the Whittaker battles that demonstrated that at age 42 he’s one of the very best middleweights in the world. After beginning 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 the UFC has ever observed, which makes him a special talent. Romero has appeared amazing since linking the Octagon in 2013, and is presently a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has finished all 12 of his pro MMA successes and has a perfect 4-0 record in the UFC that includes knockout wins over Uriah Hall, Johnny Hendricks, Oluwale Bamgbose and Garreth McLellan. He’s got the special knockout capacity to cooperate with the appearance of a celebrity that makes him a special talent in this game. Costa was involved in some controversies lately involving USADA and the incentives that are athletic, but after all of that has been he has been cleared to struggle. He is among the top prospects at 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 potential to be an elite middleweight, until he will proves he does this Romero should be favored to win this battle. Even though he’s among the oldest 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 needs that one key marquee win before we could go and say he can beat a man 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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