Paulo Costa

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How disappointing is this guy. He was undefeated looking like a beast. After Izzy he looks lost.

IMO Izzy took his soul. Had he fought Izzy like he did Sean he would've done better (probably lose by decision).

Had he fought Sean like he did Izzy he probably gets a TKO victory. Guy has poor game plans that's for sure
 
He just fought better fighters.
Fighters with better technique, who can manage the distance well.

And please, he is very overrated as a fighter.
OK, old Yoel, I give him that, it was a great close fight.

But Costa went 5-0 in UFC after beating 2 guys who were cut by UFC, beating semi-retired Hendricks who shouldn't have fought at MW, Uriah Hall who was decent.

His only good win is Yoel... and that was a very close fight.
Old Luke shouldn't count.

6-4 in UFC since 2017.
 
BowserJr said:
How disappointing is this guy. He was undefeated looking like a beast. After Izzy he looks lost.

IMO Izzy took his soul. Had he fought Izzy like he did Sean he would've done better (probably lose by decision).
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IMO Izzy took his virginity.


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im not really a fan of costa but 3 of his last 4 losses are to former ufc champions. nothing really to be ashamed about.

izzy, whitaker, strickland are all great fighters. and the fight with vettori was close and he was completely out of shape at 205.

he was only really outclassed by izzy.
 
tymikeson said:
im not really a fan of costa but 3 of his last 4 losses are to former ufc champions. nothing really to be ashamed about.

izzy, whitaker, strickland are all great fighters. and the fight with vettori was close and he was completely out of shape at 205.

he was only really outclassed by izzy.
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Fair point but what does Costa do better than any of his opponents anymore? You don't have to worry about wrestling and jiu jitsu in his fights. If you get past the second round he starts slowing down significantly. Opponents don't fear getting knocked out by him. I think he carries too much muscle.

He reminds me of Ultra Super Saiyan Trunks in Dragonball Z. Big as all hell and strong but slow and hittable with crap cardio. In all seriousness though can you "fix" a fighter like Costa? It looks like all it takes to beat him is understanding and controlling distance and a little more volume in the later rounds.
 
Costa has nothing on his punches, I don't get the myth that he is some scary power puncher. I haven't seen it. He hasn't knocked out anyone in UFC, he had 2 TKO ref stoppages finishes a very long time ago and even that I was unsure about.. the Hall fight the ref freaked out way too quickly, a lot of the punches were hitting Hall's forearms and gloves, some got through but Hall was standing against the fence and ref freaked out too quickly. He is a decision machine if anything, not convinced about his so called punch power, ain't seen the evidence for it
 
The Hash Slinging Slasher said:
Definitely not living up to his potential. I think if he wasn’t so busy trolling all the time and actually came into fights with solid game planning he would be a top 3 guy, maybe even champ. This is a prime period to get the MW strap for a guy like Paulo.
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It's true because a fight between him and dricus will be interesting
 
Costa has been seriously overrated even before the Izzy fight. He got touched by 39 year old Uriah Hall way too much.

People like to mention Romero fight but Romero is just a good style match up to him more than anything, Yoel barely throws 10 strikes per round most of his fight.

Anytime Costa fight a guy who can move and doesnt get tired easily he always lose. He even lost to Marvin in striking contest. I like his personality but he was never that good as a fighter.
 
Fengxian said:
Costa has been seriously overrated even before the Izzy fight. He got touched by 39 year old Uriah Hall way too much.

People like to mention Romero fight but Romero is just a good style match up to him more than anything, Yoel barely throws 10 strikes per round most of his fight.

Anytime Costa fight a guy who can move and doesnt get tired easily he always lose. He even lost to Marvin in striking contest. I like his personality but he was never that good as a fighter.
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Wouldn't survive 45 minutes in our hood
 
Costa doesn't physically look as big as he used to as well. He was running into issues with the weight cut so it makes sense. He had a ddp like pressure before that made up for his lack of skill. Now he fights like a kickboxer without the skill.
 
BowserJr said:
How disappointing is this guy. He was undefeated looking like a beast. After Izzy he looks lost.

IMO Izzy took his soul. Had he fought Izzy like he did Sean he would've done better (probably lose by decision).

Had he fought Sean like he did Izzy he probably gets a TKO victory. Guy has poor game plans that's for sure
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Who did he fight before Izzy though, Romero (which I thought he lost), Screenshot_20240603-082612~2.png


So before Romero... that's the guys he looked like a beast against....not an impressive resume tbf sir.
 
Costa has done the same thing Romero has done - yet one is lauded and the other we act is a disappointment?

Dude is a tough matchup for anyone, but ultimately loses very close fights. Just like Romero. Yet people put Romero in their top 5 MW ever lol.
 
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