Rumored Paulo Costa comes in overweight to fight week, fight may not be at middleweight

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The Costa vs Vettori media day is going on, Marvin mentioned during the beginning of his segment that Paulo is currently overweight & seems like the fight will be at a catchweight or 205, and there is some behind the scenes drama to work things out. Marvin is still willing to fight but he wants Paulo to have to cut some weight.





 
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Make it a 195 catchweight. Don't let Costa weasel his way out of a weight cut. Fans never remember that fighters miss weight. All they check is wikipedia and looks at the wins and losses. Don't take the fight if Costa comes in too big. Vettori will be at a significant disadvantage.
 
Something tells me Costa knew this all along. It takes months of preparation for him to get down to 185 from 230. He knows if he can't make weight 2-3 weeks out from the fight. Seems to me he is trying to weasel into a 205 pound fight by showing up on fight week like this.
 
The proper way to do this is to publicly say you're not fighting if he doesn't make weight. Force him to cut down as low as possible draining himself, then you agree to a catchweight at whatever weight that may be. You don't let the guy off the hook by letting him know beforehand he's going to accept the fight at whatever weight. You're giving up a huge advantage you could have by doing so.
 
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We will have to wait and see until Friday but Costa has always been going down the path to compete at 205lb. Simply to big and muscular to maintain cutting that much weight multiple times in a career. 230lb down to 185. Variable thermodynamics is a thing.

He needs to make that move to 205. his only real disadvantage at that weight class is length and maybe height to some of the upper tier 6'4 guys.
 
The Nick Diaz precedent.

Come in overweight and do half the cut, you let one guy do it now everyone in a prime spot knows Dana won't want to cancel the fight

That was a bad move from Dana, and it wasn't even on DWCS where he makes bad moves every week!
 
Costa hasnt been the same since the Adensanya fight. That humiliating loss really affected him psychologically. He was making a bunch of weird videos after the fight with a ton of excuses

He needs a real mma coach to set him straight, bring back his confidence
 
GueseGuy said:
Make it a 195 catchweight. Don't let Costa weasel his way out of a weight cut. Fans never remember that fighters miss weight. All they check is wikipedia and looks at the wins and losses. Don't take the fight if Costa comes in too big. Vettori will be at a significant disadvantage.
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I think fans do remember when a fighter is known for consistently missing weight. Not one time, but if two times or more. And yes, they check wikipedia and it says missed weight right next to the wins and losses. Everyone remembers Rumble's missed weight cuts.

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Wow, Costa going downhill if true. If he goes up to 205, it will be the same result as Weidman, Jacare and Rockhold. Twenty pounds is no joke.
 
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