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News Paulo Costa Calls for Rematch Upset Izzy Humped Him

No sense of irony FFS. Call out Till and Hermansson, knock both out back to back and then get call for Izzy
 
He needs at least 3 good wins to get a rematch after that asenine and pathetic performance.

At least show you can check a leg kick.

he didn’t do anything to suggest a rematch would go any different.

hes basically a gatekeeper at this point
 
No rematch any time soon, he got outclassed, needs to work on new stuff like switching stances, check kicks, distance, sounds like basics he might be missing from the start tho, but its kind of what might be required for him to be competitive with Adesanya, still wondering how Vettori did it, fight was CLOSE.
 
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he didn’t do anything to suggest a rematch would go any different.

hes basically a gatekeeper at this point

I wouldn't favor Costa in any fight with Izzy, but he absolutely fought like an idiot.

Standing there and taunting while not even checking a single kick is a choice, and a very stupid one.
So is refusing to do anything but throw a single body kick.

In rd 2 he threw a few quick leg kicks, and landed both on Izzy, but then went back to retard mode.
 
After a shitty performance like that, he will need get some really good wins before he gets another titleshot
 
I wouldn't favor Costa in any fight with Izzy, but he absolutely fought like an idiot.

Standing there and taunting while not even checking a single kick is a choice, and a very stupid one.
So is refusing to do anything but throw a single body kick.

In rd 2 he threw a few quick leg kicks, and landed both on Izzy, but then went back to retard mode.

I know it’s easy to be Monday morning QB but it’s just a bad match up for him n his fighting style

Hes a brawler who gets hit and has reach and speed (arguably) disadvantage.

There’s not much he can do there
 
I like Costa but a couple fights before a rematch would do him a lot of good. He’s really good but he needs to improve on tracking down technical and fast fighters like Izzy. There aren’t any fighters in the division that really fight like Izzy but st the least he can put in tons of time in training and camp to try to figure it out and implement some of it in his next fights
 
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