A middleweight matchup between Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will happen at UFC 241, which is set for August 17 at Honda Centre at Anaheim, California. Together with the most important event for this particular card viewing Daniel Cormier try to shield the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in a rematch, Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for just 3 rounds. Bear in mind, this was supposed to be the main event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card before the two guys fell off the card and the headliner eventually became Ronaldo”Jacare” Souza from Jack Hermansson. Now, after months of trash talking each other in interviews and on social media, we will eventually see Romero and Costa throw down this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the information.
Romero (13-3) hasn’t fought as a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker past summer at UFC 225. Though Romero has lost two of his last 3 trips to Whittaker, he mixed in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold in-between the Whittaker battles that proved that even at age 42 he is one of the top middleweights in the world. After starting his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 in the UFC alone with wins over the likes of the above Rockhold and Souza, and of course Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Brad Tavares, along with Derek Brunson. He comes from an elite wrestling background, and it has developed into one of the most devastating knockout artists that the UFC has ever observed, making him a special gift. Romero has looked amazing since joining the Octagon in 2013, and is now a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has completed all 12 of his ace 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 has the special knockout capacity to go along with the look of a superstar that makes him a special talent in this sport. Costa has been involved in a few controversies lately involving USADA and the incentives that are athletic, but after all that has been he has finally been cleared to fight. He’s among the very best prospects in the middleweight division, and if he could conquer Romero inside this fight he could jump into the title mix at 185lbs.
Though Costa has the potential to be an elite middleweight, until he will proves that he does this Romero should be preferred to win this battle. Even though he is among the oldest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero is still among the most dominant and recognized fighters in the division. Costa is a huge talent but still wants that one key marquee triumph before we can proceed and say he could beat a man like Romero. The winner of this fight, no matter who it is, should be in the mix for the title at 185lbs.
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