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Sean Strickland got his hand raised at UFC 302 with a split decision win over Paulo Costa in the co-main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New…
Sean Strickland got his hand raised at UFC 302 with a split decision win over Paulo Costa in the co-main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New…
Sean Strickland got his hand raised at UFC 302 with a split decision win over Paulo Costa in the co-main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New…
Sean Strickland got his hand raised at UFC 302 with a split decision win over Paulo Costa in the co-main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New…
Sean Strickland got his hand raised at UFC 302 with a split decision win over Paulo Costa in the co-main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New…
Sean Strickland got his hand raised at UFC 302 with a split decision win over Paulo Costa in the co-main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New…
In the UFC 302 co-main event of the evening, former middleweight world champion Sean Strickland returned to the Octagon…
In the UFC 302 co-main event of the evening, former middleweight world champion Sean Strickland returned to the Octagon for the first time since surrendering the 185–crown to current titleholder Dricus Du Plessis.
Standing in his way of a return to the win column was division fan favorite and one-time title challenger Paulo Costa.
Costa immediately came out landing a handful of big leg kicks that had Strickland compromised early. With his calf already welting, ‘Tarzan’ switched stances and put on the pressure, forcing Costa on his backfoot for the entirety of the round.
Strickland punished Costa’s midsection with a slew of front kicks to the body, a trend the former champ continued in the second round. With 30 seconds left in the round, Strickland landed a stiff left jab against the fence that momentarily took Costa off his feet.
Strickland delivered perhaps his most dominant showing in the third round, but Costa slowly began to turn the tide in the fourth, standing his ground and refusing to allow ‘Tarzan’ to back him up.
With the fight potentially hanging in the balance, Strickland’s corner encouraged him to “let the dog out” in round five.
Despite the advice of his corner, Strickland stayed the course, moving forward and chipping away at his opponent with a bevy of jabs and front kicks. Halfway through the final round, Costa had more than doubled the output of his opponent. With Strickland not landing anything of significance to close the gap, Costa likely took the round, but was it enough to win the fight?
Official Result: Sean Strickland def. Paulo Costa via split decision (46-49, 50-45, 49-46)
respect paulo costa
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Sean Strickland drops Costa #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/7LlIlVQLPW
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nah Paulo costa is GONNNEE
20-18 Sean Strickland #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/fl4cF73FcB— MMA
30-27 Strickland
what is paulo costa doing #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/24Nn6o8NPo— MMA
Honestly? 40-36 Strickland #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/98voxtVuIZ
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SEAN STRICKLAND LET IT ALL OUT AT THE END
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Sean Strickland, Paulo Costa’y? puanla yeniyor! #UFC302
46-49 Costa
50-45 Sean
49-46 Sean— UFC Türkiye
In the UFC 302 co-main event of the evening, former middleweight world champion Sean Strickland returned to the Octagon…
In the UFC 302 co-main event of the evening, former middleweight world champion Sean Strickland returned to the Octagon for the first time since surrendering the 185–crown to current titleholder Dricus Du Plessis.
Standing in his way of a return to the win column was division fan favorite and one-time title challenger Paulo Costa.
Costa immediately came out landing a handful of big leg kicks that had Strickland compromised early. With his calf already welting, ‘Tarzan’ switched stances and put on the pressure, forcing Costa on his backfoot for the entirety of the round.
Strickland punished Costa’s midsection with a slew of front kicks to the body, a trend the former champ continued in the second round. With 30 seconds left in the round, Strickland landed a stiff left jab against the fence that momentarily took Costa off his feet.
Strickland delivered perhaps his most dominant showing in the third round, but Costa slowly began to turn the tide in the fourth, standing his ground and refusing to allow ‘Tarzan’ to back him up.
With the fight potentially hanging in the balance, Strickland’s corner encouraged him to “let the dog out” in round five.
Despite the advice of his corner, Strickland stayed the course, moving forward and chipping away at his opponent with a bevy of jabs and front kicks. Halfway through the final round, Costa had more than doubled the output of his opponent. With Strickland not landing anything of significance to close the gap, Costa likely took the round, but was it enough to win the fight?
Official Result: Sean Strickland def. Paulo Costa via split decision (46-49, 50-45, 49-46)
respect paulo costa
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Sean Strickland drops Costa #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/7LlIlVQLPW
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nah Paulo costa is GONNNEE
20-18 Sean Strickland #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/fl4cF73FcB— MMA
30-27 Strickland
what is paulo costa doing #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/24Nn6o8NPo— MMA
Honestly? 40-36 Strickland #ufc302 pic.twitter.com/98voxtVuIZ
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SEAN STRICKLAND LET IT ALL OUT AT THE END
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 2, 2024
Sean Strickland, Paulo Costa’y? puanla yeniyor! #UFC302
46-49 Costa
50-45 Sean
49-46 Sean— UFC Türkiye
It won’t be easy, but Paulo Costa believes a big win over Sean Strickland could put him at the…
It won’t be easy, but Paulo Costa believes a big win over Sean Strickland could put him at the front of the line in the middleweight division.
Stepping inside the Octagon for the third time in two years, ‘The Eraser’ will co-headline UFC 302 inside Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center when he goes toe-to-toe with former 185-pound titleholder Sean Strickland.
‘Tarzan’ goes into his bout as a greater-than-2-to-1 favorite, but if Costa can pull off the upset, he’ll catapult himself from the back end of the divisional rankings to the top. Even then, securing a shot at middleweight gold will be no easy task, particularly with the upcoming clash between ex-champion Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev on June 22.
Still, Costa remains optimistic that if he can put it on Strickland in The Garden State, he’ll make a strong case to face the winner of the yet-to-be-announced title tilt between reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis and former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya.
“I think [because Strickland] already beat [Israel] Adesanya, if Adesanya beats Dricus [du Plessis], if Sean beats me, he’s going to be next,” Costa said ahead of his fight with Strickland. “But let’s see, we never know. I have a beef with Adesanya as well and against Chimaev, everything can happen. Let’s see Saturday.
“I think who delivers better on Saturday is going to step in front, it depends how the fight’s going to be. If I knock him out [with] great style Saturday, and the fight in [Saudi Arabia between Chimaev and Whittaker] is not so good, we can be in front of them. It depends how I’m going to perform.”
As for how Costa sees things playing out between Whittaker and Chimaev when the two titans descend upon the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ‘The Eraser’ suggested that ‘The Reaper’ will likely carry an advantage, having significantly more experience going five rounds than the undefeated Chechen monster.
“It’s a hard fight to predict,” Costa said of Whittaker vs. Chimaev. “From what I watched when [former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru] Usman fought Chimaev, I think with proper camp, I don’t know how many rounds, even three or five, Whittaker has some advantage against Chimaev.”
Whittaker, of course, is coming off a big unanimous decision victory over Paulo Costa at UFC 298 in February. That alone will make it pretty hard for Costa to leapfrog the Aussie in the title picture, but as they say in MMA, anything can happen.
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