YouTube sensation Logan Paul was caught on camera being spectacularly knocked out by top UFC middleweight Paulo Costa.
The viral celebrity
has been edging his way into the combat sports arena for quite some time now. He
has fought in two boxing fights one amateur, the other professional against British
internet celebrity KSI.
They first met in Manchester and fought to a majority draw over six rounds. The success of the first fight and the underlying rivalry got the attention of promotional outlet Matchroom Sport and streaming giant DAZN.
In the rematch they both made their professional debuts in a six-round bout. Once again it was close, but it was the Englishman who took home a split decision victory.
Ever since losing
his boxing debut there has been talk that Paul may transition to MMA. The
American has a background in wrestling and for a novice aint too bad with his
hands.
It now seems he has begun taken his preparations to the next level, training with the likes of top middleweight Costa. Although based on the below footage he is still quite some way away from challenging the worlds best. Check it out.
The MMA community seems split on if this knockout is actually real. Paul was the original source of the clip and is clearly trying to generate views with the video.
However, it
does look real to us and the YouTuber is known for going to extreme measures in
order to generate content. He infamously filmed a suicide victim in Japan and
uploaded it to online, before receiving backlash and later apologising.
For Costa
this is great exposure. A relative unknown outside of MMA circles the Brazilian
will be keen to grow his name ahead of a middleweight title fight with Israel
Adesanya later this year.
Did Logan Paul really get knocked out by Paulo Costa?