Paulo Costa: Robert Whittaker is ‘not so good’ with his striking, wrestling, or jiu-jitsu

Costa gets one quality win over Uriah Hall and he thinks he can take out the the whole division. A little premature.
 
Don't know man. Whittaker is smart enough to drag Costa out to a decision.

Costa will head hunt for a KO in the first rounds while defending with his face, like he did with Uriah.
I think Whittaker manages to stay alive long enough to win this.
 
Costa = future handsome-weight champ

He’s making a run at Akiyama next
 
i like the dude but he should try to get pass Romero first before he starts shit talking Whittaker
 
UFC is making a huge mistake putting Costa in there with Romero. Romero is going to tko him for sure
 
The undefeated Brazilian striker is 4-0 inside the Octagon, with every win coming by first- or second-round knockout, and he’s set himself up for a huge showdown with Cuban powerhouse Yoel Romero at UFC 230 in November. His best win to date is the then #9-ranked Uriah Hall, so getting matched up with the #1 contender even caught Costa off-guard.

“I was surprised, because the UFC put Chris Weidman to fight against Luke Rockhold and (gave) me the best of the division – the No. 1,” Costa said to reporters at a Dana White’s Contender Series: Brazil taping in Las Vegas. (via MMAjunkie)

Romero (13-3) is coming off a split decision loss to current champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 225, a fight in which Romero missed weight and thus wouldn’t have won the title anyway. Only Whittaker has bested him at middleweight, and the only person to knock him out was Rafael Cavalcante back in Strikeforce. It’s a tall order to try and put Romero away, but Costa believes he’ll get the job done.

“This is the biggest challenge of my career,” Costa said. “But every fight is the biggest challenge, so I’m very confident. I will (knock him out).”

If Costa wins and does so in impressive fashion, a title shot is almost certain. In the meantime, Whittaker is sidelined for the rest of the year as he heals his broken right hand, but when he does come back, he’ll be facing off against Kelvin Gastelum in early 2019.

Amazingly, Costa doesn’t really rate the champ all that highly.

“He’s a regular fight, for me,” Costa said. “He’s not so good in the standup, or wrestling, or jiu-jitsu. He’s a regular fight, you know?”

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Whittaker really isn’t amazing with any of them but he does them all VERY well and blends them together perfectly. Dudes a beast!
 
i like costa. + if you watched the interview, it's not intended as being incendiary. It's like , whittaker is good everywhere, but hes not as specialised as a yoel romero where you really have to worry about the wrestling/grappling aspects .
 
The only technique I've seen from Costa is brute force "Hulk Smash".
 
LOL

Costa was getting lit up with a jab by Hall.

If he hadn't been allowed to bully Hall into folding with his excessive fouls, he probably would have lost a decision.

I can't wait until this clown gets smoked. It'll be Erick Silva levels of schadenfreude.
hall has scary power
 
Uriah took Costa down kinda easily, can only imagine what the brute Romero will do to him
 
Friednly reminder for all the barking Sherdoggers that Whitaker beat Romero twice. Even the LHW version of him. Stop underestimating the champ.
I like your AV. That movie really stuck with me.
 
This guy makes Rockhold and Weidman look like ugly ducklings.

He's like a cross between Christiano Ronaldo and Ivan Drago.

That said I think Yoel ko's him but by God if he doesn't the middleweight division is absolutely fucked.
 
This guy makes Rockhold and Weidman look like ugly ducklings.

He's like a cross between Christiano Ronaldo and Ivan Drago.

That said I think Yoel ko's him but by God if he doesn't the middleweight division is absolutely fucked.
Honestly, he has some weird square baby face that doesn't really go with how ripped and big his body is.
 
Whittaker has the best jab in the division and hits fucking hard. Maybe one day but right now hes way ahead of costa technically
 
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