Do you believe Costa's coach?

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I can see them coming in with a wrestling heavy gameplan. This fight could very well look like RDA/Pettis.

 

[Fesaine]

I don't think Costa has the cardio for a heavy-wrestling gameplan. But I could see him attempt a few takedown to give izzy more to think about.

 

[Beherit]

costa doesnt have KO power, he is not KOing izzy in the first round. He should take him down, just to make it an MMA fight and not a kickboxing fight where israel would have a huge advantage.

 

[TheMessiah]

He was a wrestler on tuf

 

[Deleted member 567183]

Yes U know why because he is a mastermind without Eric Cejudo could not become 2 division champion

 

[cartizel]

Costa goes in for a shoot, he eats a knee.

Could he try and force a take down while both are up against the fence, probably...

 

[JustAkidFrom209]

costa doesnt have KO power, he is not KOing izzy in the first round. He should take him down, just to make it an MMA fight and not a kickboxing fight where israel would have a huge advantage.

I agree. He is a volume puncher. Obviously with the right shot he can hurt Izzy badly, but Izzy has fought guys that hit harder, like Bobby and Yoel.

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

costa doesnt have KO power, he is not KOing izzy in the first round. He should take him down, just to make it an MMA fight and not a kickboxing fight where israel would have a huge advantage.

The guy who has knocked out all of his opponents besides Romero and the only guy to knock down Romero in the UFC doesn't have ko power?

Are you drunk?

 

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costa doesnt have KO power, he is not KOing izzy in the first round. He should take him down, just to make it an MMA fight and not a kickboxing fight where israel would have a huge advantage.

Looks like he hits pretty hard imo

 

[GOATtalks]

costa doesnt have KO power, he is not KOing izzy in the first round. He should take him down, just to make it an MMA fight and not a kickboxing fight where israel would have a huge advantage.

Wtf? Costa has 11 TKO/KO wins in his career. His only decision win was over Yoel and I’m not sure if it’s physically possible to KO Yoel. Costa is power

 

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Wtf? Costa has 11 TKO/KO wins in his career. His only decision win was over Yoel and I’m not sure if it’s physically possible to KO Yoel. Costa is power

And he dropped Yoel

 

[Beherit]

The guy who has knocked out all of his opponents besides Romero and the only guy to knock down Romero in the UFC doesn't have ko power?

Are you drunk?

Wtf? Costa has 11 TKO/KO wins in his career. His only decision win was over Yoel and I’m not sure if it’s physically possible to KO Yoel. Costa is power

This is your mind on drugs.

Costa doesn't have KO power???? What the???? He would send your head into orbit around Pluto with one uppercut.

Guys, dont let his incredible physic fools you. Just look at his fights and his stats.


He doesnt have KO power, he TKO people after working them a lot, but he doesnt KO people in the first round.

Hardy pointed this out, all his opponent are conscious when they lost, they quit because of the volume and the huge body work. Costa is not an ngannou or gaethje type of fighter, he is closer to a masvidal on roids.

He is a volume puncher, hence his stats. He is the fighter who lands the more shots per minute, a KO artist doesnt land many shots, because when does, the fight is near over.

costa's opponent are still conscious when he TKOs them.

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

costa doesnt have KO power

 

[avid1]

I don't even understand why costa is ranked #2. He has beat one good opponent, Romero, and then there is just randoms. Uriah is decent but not something that sets you up for a title shot.

Also very inactive, fights once a year.

 

[TheScorpionDude]

costa doesnt have KO power, he is not KOing izzy in the first round. He should take him down, just to make it an MMA fight and not a kickboxing fight where israel would have a huge advantage.

This is your mind on drugs.

 

[The Chosen]

I don't even understand why costa is ranked #2. He has beat one good opponent, Romero, and then there is just randoms. Uriah is decent but not something that sets you up for a title shot.

Also very inactive, fights once a year.

Probably just as good of opponents Israel beat before he got a title shot

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Guys, dont let his incredible physic fools you. Just look at his fights and his stats.


He doesnt have KO power, he TKO people after working them a lot, but he doesnt KO people in the first round.

Hardy pointed out, all his opponent are conscious when they lost, they quit because of the volume and the huge body work. Costa is not an ngannou or gaethje type of fighter, he is closer to a masvidal on roids.

He is a volume puncher, hence his stats. He is the fighter who lands the more shots per minute, a KO artist doesnt land many shots, because when does, the fight is near over.

costa's opponent are still conscious when he TKOs them.

That doesn't mean he doesn't have power in his punches. Again, he knocked down Yoel. No one else in the UFC has done that.

Claiming he doesn't have ko power is just objectively false.

 

[HHJ]

That doesn't mean he doesn't have power in his punches. Again, he knocked down Yoel. No one else in the UFC has done that.

Claiming he doesn't have ko power is just objectively false.

Hes just saying hes not a one and done guy.

Some fighters have that ability at any time in the fight. In the first or the fifth rd.

 

[Beherit]

That doesn't mean he doesn't have power in his punches. Again, he knocked down Yoel. No one else in the UFC has done that.

Claiming he doesn't have ko power is just objectively false.

Of course he has power in his punches, but saying he has KO power is objectively false, because he legit KO no one. ( maybe 1 KO in his career ? ).

Ngannou has KO power, rumble used to have KO power, gaethje, derrick lewis etc

Dropping romero has been done before, romero got TKOed once.

 

[Ahmed Masood]

He was a wrestler on tuf

He gassed in the first round on TUF. I think he'll use the wrestling to make his way inside and to setup the hooks and bodyshots to wear on Israel.