Paulo Costa is a Bull; Israel Adesanya a Matador

[ReadWrite]

Israel Adesanya believes there are lots of similarities between his inevitable title fight with Paulo Costa and the featherweight showdown between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor at UFC 194. McGregor antagonized and belittled Aldo for an entire year before the Irishman slept ‘Scarface’ with a counter left hook at 00:13 of the opening round in the UFC 194 main event at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. While the UFC has yet to book a promotional world tour for Adesanya vs. Costa, ‘The Last Stylebender’ believes he’s just as much in ‘Borrachinha’s’ head as McGregor was in Aldo’s.

“You know one thing that fight reminded me of? McGregor-Aldo,” Adesanya said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, per BJPENN.com.

“It will happen. I know how to push his buttons. He’s such a meathead, I can push his buttons and make him do what I want him to do. Counter him. People were always used to my linear attacks; they didn’t know about my lateral attacks -- my hooks. They thought when I started countering Rob, they forget that’s what I first started doing when I started kickboxing. I was a counter-striker. I went back to my roots, and I was just hitting from all angles -- literally hitting him from all angles. Even when I was in ‘The Matrix’, caught him with an uppercut. So Paula is a guy, he’s a really aggressive bull, but I can be a matador.”

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/12...ya-paulo-costa-jose-aldo-conor-mcgregor-fight

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Agree with his analysis, he picks him off and knocks him out.

 

[Mammothman]

Israel will expose Costa, he will make it look easy

 

[K-po]

Costa is going to sleep this pillow fisted stick faster than he did to Hendricks

 

[DOMMA]

Yes he is, reminds of this bull:

 

[slicebergjim]

Can't wait until Izzy smacks the vida loca out of that acaï guzzling meathead.
I do enjoy the Natty Goat's style though.

 

[HitMachine]

The bull is going to catch the matador. TKO via body shots round 2.

 

[DivineMind]

Im picking Costa by KO to the body.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Great analogy Israel.

 

[DOMMA]

The bull is going to catch the matador. TKO via body shots round 2.

Might be more like this:

 

[HootyMcBoob]

Costa went to WAR with Yoel Romero for 3 rounds and came out on top. Adesanya went to war with Whittaker and dusted him. I'm glad Stylebender believes in himself, but I'm sorry, all bets are off.

 

[revoltub]

Izzy is a Sport bike.

Costa is brick House.

The collision favors only one.

 

[SKYNET]

I no choppy liver boi!! No forgay me BOI!!!

 

[rbenzell01]

Izzy's finesse should not be underestimated.

But if Costa catches him well, it's over.

 

[Fergelmince]

 

[bigconan]

Israel Adesanya believes there are lots of similarities between his inevitable title fight with Paulo Costa and the featherweight showdown between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor at UFC 194. McGregor antagonized and belittled Aldo for an entire year before the Irishman slept ‘Scarface’ with a counter left hook at 00:13 of the opening round in the UFC 194 main event at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. While the UFC has yet to book a promotional world tour for Adesanya vs. Costa, ‘The Last Stylebender’ believes he’s just as much in ‘Borrachinha’s’ head as McGregor was in Aldo’s.

“You know one thing that fight reminded me of? McGregor-Aldo,” Adesanya said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, per BJPENN.com.

“It will happen. I know how to push his buttons. He’s such a meathead, I can push his buttons and make him do what I want him to do. Counter him. People were always used to my linear attacks; they didn’t know about my lateral attacks -- my hooks. They thought when I started countering Rob, they forget that’s what I first started doing when I started kickboxing. I was a counter-striker. I went back to my roots, and I was just hitting from all angles -- literally hitting him from all angles. Even when I was in ‘The Matrix’, caught him with an uppercut. So Paula is a guy, he’s a really aggressive bull, but I can be a matador.”

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/12...ya-paulo-costa-jose-aldo-conor-mcgregor-fight

cannot believe they still allow bullfighting to occur in this day and age..it's one of the most barbaric and cruel things you can ever witness....luckily, many places have ended it...soon to be all places...

 

[Mammothman]

I'm pretty confident that dude would fuck Costa as bad as he did here

 

[WhosTheBoss]

Costa will send the last gender bender on queer st.

 

[Goodfella86]

I dont think Adedanya will ever be a bull in a fight. He is one slick matador.

 

[Spiderbite]

Adesanya definitely has the footwork and striking to put Costa away, but if Costa can cut the cage off well enough he can definitely overwhelm Israel, it's a tall order though given how well Izzy can move.