Media Paulo Costa says He Hasn't Signed the Contract for UFC 298 Yet

[Jackonfire]

He claims the UFC hasn't sent it to him yet. But he does think the fight will happen. Says he's not crazy about fighting in Anaheim due to the high taxes.



Booking him for a fight in California is just asking for trouble. California monitors how much weight a fighter puts on after weigh-ins and if its more than 15% above the contracted weight, then they can't fight. And then there's the rigid drug testing done by the state. Maybe the UFC is setting him up to fail.

 

[svmr_db]

Fighters verbally agree to fights long before signing the contract all the time, no need to panic yet just because it's Costa who barely makes it to the cage.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

What a strange move by the UFC. What is there end game here? To have more contract negotiating power with him in the future?

 

[HockeyBjj]

its more than 15% above the contracted weight, then they can't fight.

Not true. They can fight that night, but Cali *may* decline to authorize them to fight at that weight class in the future there

 

[Jackonfire]

Not true. They can fight that night, but Cali *may* decline to authorize them to fight at that weight class in the future there

Thanks for the clarification

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

What a strange move by the UFC. What is there end game here? To have more contract negotiating power with him in the future?

Probably to have more leverage as always.

 

[Espresso]

I think he will "never get an email from the UFC" and the fight wont happen

 

[andgonsil]

No way

Again

 

[chinarice]

Whittaker just gonna waste away waiting for a fight will Pullout Paulo

 

[FreedomCricket]

I'm not worried.

Costa is just spittin facts.

Before he would say he hasn't signed and won't be fighting even when everyone (media/ufc) were billing it as done deal.

This time he still wants to fight, just hasn't finalized.

 

[Phisher]

What a strange move by the UFC. What is there end game here? To have more contract negotiating power with him in the future?

They're making it clear that they won't be leveraged by a disgruntled fighter.

I can't fully support Costa though because he could've just fought out his contract against whatever bad match ups that they wanted to give him and been out of the promotion a while ago.

He's consenting to being held in limbo.

 

[13Seconds]

I don’t expect this fight to happen.

Skillwise Costa is actually alright. Nasty kicks. That's why it's a shame he doesn't like competing.

 

[MMAFanCal]

I used to be a Costa fan, but this guy has turned into a clown who is wasting his prime years.

He pulled out of the first Whittaker fight and I remember how disappointed Whittaker was because he was going to buy Christmas gifts for his kids with the money he got from the fight. It is unfortunate that Costa is playing the same exact games. I honestly think UFC should let him go. He is turned into a diva.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Tell him to check his regular email and not the spam

 

[Neck&Neck]

 

[Tweak896]

I hope they bench Costa all year to fuck with him. He's just wasting the rankings.

 

[CC27]

Shits getting real old with this clown. It stopped being funny long ago. Maybe he regrets signing the new contract and wants to get cut.

 

[Here's Johnny!]

Paulo already retired and is trolling the ufc harder than anyone ever... its actually funny

 

[podsox]

Paulo also told Izzy to sign an imaginary contract for a rematch. Hard to believe anything he says is true

 

[Istryker]

What a strange move by the UFC. What is there end game here? To have more contract negotiating power with him in the future?

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