A middleweight matchup involving Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will happen at UFC 241, which is set for August 17 in Honda Centre in Anaheim, California. With the main event for this particular card seeing Daniel Cormier attempt to defend the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in a rematch,” Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for just 3 rounds. Bear in mind, this was assumed to be the main event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card prior to the two guys dropped off the card and the headliner eventually became Ronaldo”Jacare” Souza from Jack Hermansson. Now, after weeks of trash talking each other in interviews and on social media, we’ll finally see Romero and Costa throw this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the information.
Romero (13-3) has not fought as a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker past summer at UFC 225. Although Romero has lost two of his last 3 trips to Whittaker, he mixed in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold involving the Whittaker fights which demonstrated that even at age 42 he is still one of the very best middleweights in the world. After starting his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 from the UFC alone with wins over the likes of the above Rockhold and Souza, and of course Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Brad Tavares, along with Derek Brunson. He comes from an elite wrestling background, and it has grown into one of the most devastating knockout artists the UFC has ever observed, making him a special gift. Romero has looked amazing since linking the Octagon in 2013, and is presently a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has finished all 12 of his pro MMA victories and has a perfect 4-0 record in the UFC which includes knockout wins over Uriah Hall, Johnny Hendricks, Oluwale Bamgbose and Garreth McLellan. He has the special knockout power to cooperate with the appearance of a celebrity that makes him a particular talent in this game. Costa has been involved in a few controversies lately involving USADA and the athletic commissions, but after all of that has been he has been cleared to fight. He is one of the very best prospects at the middleweight division, and when he could defeat Romero in this struggle he could jump into the title mix at 185lbs.
Though Costa has the capability to be an elite middleweight, until he can proves that he does this Romero should be favored to win this battle. While he is one of the earliest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero is still one of the very dominant and proven fighters in the branch. Costa is a huge talent but still needs that one key marquee triumph before we could go and say he can beat a man like Romero. The winner of the fight, no matter who it is, should be in the mix for the title at 185lbs.
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