A middleweight matchup involving Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will happen at UFC 241, which can be set for August 17 at Honda Centre in Anaheim, California. Together with the most important event for this card seeing Daniel Cormier attempt to defend the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at a rematch, Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for only three rounds. Bear in mind, this was supposed to be the primary event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card prior to both men dropped off the card and the headliner finally became Ronaldo”Jacare” Souza from Jack Hermansson. Now, after weeks of trash talking each other in interviews and on social media, we’ll eventually see Romero and Costa throw down this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the news.
Romero (13-3) hasn’t fought since a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker last summer at UFC 225. Although Romero has lost two of his last three 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’s still one of the top middleweights in the world. After starting his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 in 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 a wrestling background and has developed into one of the most devastating knockout artists that the UFC has ever seen, which makes him a special talent. Romero has appeared amazing since linking the Octagon in 2013, and is now a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has completed all 12 of his ace MMA successes 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’s got the exceptional knockout power to cooperate with the look of a celebrity that makes him a particular talent in this game. Costa was involved in a few controversies lately involving USADA and the incentives that are athletic, but after all that has been he has finally been cleared to fight. He’s one of the very best prospects in the middleweight division, and if 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 fight. While he is one of the oldest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero is still among the very dominant and recognized fighters in the branch. Costa is a tremendous talent but still needs that one key marquee win before we could proceed 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 name at 185lbs.
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