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Paulo Costa wasn’t exactly thrilled to hear that interim-champion Israel Adesanya had insinuated that he had the small arms of a tyrannosaurus rex. Yes, you read that correctly. In a tweet posted during Saturday’s superb middleweight title-eliminator, The Last Stylebender seemed to suggest that not only was Borrachinha using banned substances, but also that his arms resembled those of the …

Paulo Costa was handed a somewhat controversial unanimous decision victory over the former two-time middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero. Indeed it was controversial but make no mistake, this was one of the year’s most entertaining battles and when all was said and done inside the cage, neither man truly left as a loser. With that being said, it did appear …

Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will throw down on the UFC 241 main-card in a fight that will likely single out the next contender to the middleweight crown.  Fights like these truly don’t come around often enough. Those tuning in to watch Saturday’s tantalising UFC 241 in Anaheim, California will witness a clash between two of the most physically impressive …

UFC 241 is now just a week away and with that in mind, we thought it best to remind all of you of exactly how incredible a night it is looking set to be. Who needs two title fights when you’ve got a card as stacked as this, eh? Not only will Daniel Cormier be taking on Stipe Miocic in …

Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa are once again being lined up to face off in a middleweight top-contender showdown, this time at UFC 241. For a while, it did seem as though this massive middleweight matchup was going to be lost to us. The two-time former title challenger Romero has not been seen in action since his UFC 225 championship …

Middleweight contender Paulo Costa has been handed a six month suspension by USADA after the discovery of illegal usage of IVs. Although it’s important to note that the suspension is retroactive to last August, making him eligible to fight as soon as he wishes. There was quite a bit left unclear after Costa’s showdown with his fellow middleweight powerhouse Yoel …

The newly-crowned UFC interim-middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has stressed his hope that he can fight contender Paulo Costa in the near future. Costa first took a shot at Stylebender following his UFC 236 war with Kelvin Gastelum last weekend. Borrachinha has been on something of a tear in the middleweight division since first signing for the UFC. His most notable …

Two of the most physically-imposing specimens on the UFC roster are set to headline the promotion’s upcoming return to Miami, Florida. The fight that had fans salivating ahead of its announcement for UFC 230 looks set to be revived for a spot on UFC on ESPN 3 on April 27. Yoel Romero was last seen in action during his razor-close …

Brazilian powerhouse Paulo Costa has pulled from his UFC Brooklyn showdown with Yoel Romero, the second time this fight has been unsuccessfully booked. And what a fight it would have been! Two of the middleweight division’s most violent customers locked into a cage together? That sounded good to us. Romero has only come up short against the reigning champion Robert …

Yoel Romero has officially ruled himself out of his UFC 230 matchup with Paulo Costa. Not exactly the news you’d hope to wake up to, eh? Romero’s second bout with Robert Whittaker was an instant-classic, one that displayed both men’s grit and resolve to the highest of levels. Surviving shots that would have crippled most 205lb-rs, the 185lb champion Whittaker …

The UFC just announced a mouthwatering middleweight matchup for UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden on November 3. Massive middleweight matchup out of the nowhere! Paulo Costa will apparently get his wish to fight the very best as he gets matched up with number-1 contender Yoel Romero for a bout that promises to be one of the year’s most violent spectacles. ??? …

The middleweight division’s most terrifying prospect has called out the former-champion Chris Weidman in an attempt to avenge the three Brazilian’s the American has beaten inside the UFC. Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva. All former UFC champs who hail from Brazilian and most importantly in this case, all fighters who have come up short against the ‘All-American’ Chris Weidman. …

Paulo Costa lived up to his billing once again after annihilating longtime contender Uriah Hall with a brutal display of power at UFC 226 last night. Paulo Costa could well be the most vicious competitor in the middleweight division today. This guy is quite literally a wrecking ball. A walking, talking sledgehammer whose physique is like something you’d see in …

With such a huge influx of new talent bolstering the UFC’s roster in recent times, we rank the top 8 fighters making up the next generation of UFC stars. For all the talk of 2017 being something of a down year for the UFC, I think it’s fair to say that several fighters managed to truly establish themselves as real …