Paulo Costa addresses his gameplan. Admits it was a mistake. (UPDATED WITH WALIDS INPUT)

[Verace]

"We made this mistake as a team, but we will get it right as a team in the future. We already know we did wrong. It wasnt a good strategy. Thats true and we will change that. I know what happened. It wont happen again. Next time i wont be waiting for him"



*Walid also addressed this: “Costa’s game plan was to hold back during the first couple of rounds and unleash in the final three, but wasn’t the right call in the end. All merits to Adesanya for landing the kick, but ‘Borrachinha’ was too passive and the strategy was wrong,” Ismail said. “We should have changed (the strategy) after the first kicks landed and went to war. We know that now. He’s not a tactical fighter, he’s a war fighter.”

 

[Street Bishop]

Izzy knocked (or should I say humped) the english out of him

 

[sampuncher]

I still dont know what the gameplan was.

 

[AmericanUppercut]

Everyone saw exactly what happened.
but it can be fun to make imaginary secrets.

 

[CBohl]

Kickboxing with a champion kickboxer is never a good idea.


Dumb ass camp.

 

[Portland8242]

The wrestling thing is probably the right way to go against Israel. Doesn't seem like anybody's interested in trying it though.

 

[beephin]

Not sure if Costa froze under the spotlight or the game plan was just that terrible, but the dude literally let Izzy completely destroy his lead leg within a few minutes. While taunting Izzy.

I honestly don't even know what the game plan was for the first round, but staying in striking range with Izzy while not attempting to strike, wrestle, clinch and eating leg kicks was absurd.

I like Costa, but definitely one of the worst championship showings I've seen in a long time.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

You now know letting a decorated kickboxer kick the hell out of your leg / knee while you encourage him to do so and presented you leg like a dogs ass in heat -- was not the smart idea? You had to learn that lesson the hard way?

 

[thinkandbeslim]

I think the only way to hit Izzy cleanly is to catch him when he is expecting a takedown.

Engaging him in a pure kickboxing match is clearly not going to work.

 

[Kryptt]

With a few wins I'd be ok with a run back but at this stage nah...

 

[Wreckless]

"We won't make the same mistake next time"

They always say that. Didn't his dumbass team see what happened in the Romero fight?

Good luck with that rematch. Better get some wins because it's going to take a while before he gets another shot.

 

[Beherit]

Kickboxing with a champion kickboxer is never a good idea.


Dumb ass camp.

and 60 per cent of sherdoggers thought costa ( a grappler converted to striking ) could strike with Adesanya, bunch of casuals...

 

[-Magua-]

Put right up there with Mark Henry/Eddie Alvarez 73 plan vs Connie.

 

[SeattleFightFan]

Good god. I was hoping the team spent months training some other game plan and he just got in there and froze and didn't listen.

So they game planned staying in kickboxing range, thinking he was better. Good to know.

Godspeed. Wish you the best and that you some day make it back to another title shot. But there's a lesson in there somewhere.

Thanks for the translation TS.

 

[Pierced7681]

He needs to train with Maia and turn it into a jiu jitsu match next time.

 

[SeattleFightFan]

and 60 per cent of sherdoggers thought costa ( a grappler converted to striking ) could strike with Adesanya, bunch of casuals...

Actually, less than 40% thought Costa would even win. On this officially unofficial poll, at least.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/israel-adesanya-19-0-vs-paulo-costa-13-0.4024885/

1. Israel (18-0)
   285 vote(s)
   62.6%
2. Paulo (13-0)
   170 vote(s)
   37.4%

 

[GOATtalks]

Izzy is a real problem. Costa had to choose between Whittaker’s game plan and go out all guns blazing or Yoel’s peekaboo strategy to lure in Izzy and catch him. Costa choose to fight like Yoel, probably because Yoel was more successful than Rob.
Izzy would’ve probably knocked him out anyway

 

[popac]

It was a mistake, but any other strategy would also be a mistake, deal with it. Izzy moves a lot (unlike Johnny Hendricks and Romero) and Costa was reacting to every single feint. How can you fight aggressively when you bite feints like that? This is not a problem of strategy only

 

[Beherit]

Actually, less than 40% thought Costa would even win. On this officially unofficial poll, at least.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/israel-adesanya-19-0-vs-paulo-costa-13-0.4024885/

1. Israel (18-0)
   285 vote(s)
   62.6%
2. Paulo (13-0)
   170 vote(s)
   37.4%

I ve seen other pools,espicially after the romero fight ...

 

[fortheo]

Seems like they watched the romero fight and thought they could do similar, except get the nod. I don't know why anyone would watch that fight and think "Doing nothing for 97% of the fight sounds like a great gameplan" but that's exactly what Izzy's last two opponents did.