Tag: Yoel Romero

Paulo Costa Vows to Beat The Winner of UFC 243 Main Event

Paulo Costa is very confident he can best both Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. After his three-round war against Yoel Romero at UFC 241, Costa cannot wait to sit cageside to let the winner of the UFC 243 main event know, he is the man that will b…

Paulo Costa is very confident he can best both Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. After his three-round war against Yoel Romero at UFC 241, Costa cannot wait to sit cageside to let the winner of the UFC 243 main event know, he is the man that will be the next challenger for the middleweight title. […]

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Paulo Costa Says Yoel Romero Used Dirty Tactics During Fight

Paulo Costa got past Yoel Romero at UFC 241 but it was not easy. He was dropped once and had to take the Cuban’s hardest punches and his pressure. Yet, during the fight, Paulo Costa was not happy with Romero. He says he was using dirty tactics li…

Paulo Costa got past Yoel Romero at UFC 241 but it was not easy. He was dropped once and had to take the Cuban’s hardest punches and his pressure. Yet, during the fight, Paulo Costa was not happy with Romero. He says he was using dirty tactics like pointing to the ground where the Brazilian […]

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Paulo Costa Says Yoel Romero Used Dirty Tactics During Fight

Paulo Costa got past Yoel Romero at UFC 241 but it was not easy. He was dropped once and had to take the Cuban’s hardest punches and his pressure. Yet, during the fight, Paulo Costa was not happy with Romero. He says he was using dirty tactics li…

Paulo Costa got past Yoel Romero at UFC 241 but it was not easy. He was dropped once and had to take the Cuban’s hardest punches and his pressure. Yet, during the fight, Paulo Costa was not happy with Romero. He says he was using dirty tactics like pointing to the ground where the Brazilian […]

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Paulo Costa Says Yoel Romero Used Dirty Tactics

Paulo Costa got past Yoel Romero at UFC 241, but the Brazilian was not happy with the way the Cuban fought. He believes the 42-year-old used dirty tactics in the fight. What kind of tactics he used was simple. He says when Romero pointed away he thought it was due to his mouthguard being out. […]

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Paulo Costa got past Yoel Romero at UFC 241, but the Brazilian was not happy with the way the Cuban fought. He believes the 42-year-old used dirty tactics in the fight.

What kind of tactics he used was simple. He says when Romero pointed away he thought it was due to his mouthguard being out. However, it was just a distraction.

“He’s a nice guy, but he’s dirty,” Costa said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “In the first round, when I make a hook in his face, he went down then got up very quickly. I say man I will knock him out in the first round because he feel my punch, my first punch, and I started hunting him in the Octagon. And when I close to knock him out, he point on something, anywhere, I don’t know. Like look there Paulo, and I lose concentration, because he point something, maybe his mouth piece fall.

“And I’m not a dirty guy. I try to fight clean and when he point something, like maybe a mouthpiece down. I think man, maybe something happened. So I lose my concentration, and he punched my face. But he missed my face and hit my neck, and I lose my balance, and I fall, so this is one thing.”

That was not the only tactic Paulo Costa didn’t like. Instead, he says when he landed the groin strike that paused the fight, he hit his stomach. There, Romero stopped the fight potentially to catch his breath.

“The second thing, my knee not hit his balls,” Costa said. “My knee hit his stomach, and he said, ‘Oh, you hit my balls,’ and he jumped back, and the referee (said) stop, stop. I don’t know him deep, but he’s a nice guy, he looks like a nice guy, but his kind of fight is not clean.”

Regardless, Paulo Costa got the win over Yoel Romero and now has set himself up for a potential title shot.

Do you agree with Paulo Costa that Yoel Romero uses dirty tactics?

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UFC Rankings Update: Daniel Cormier Plummets On Pound-For-Pound List

The official UFC rankings have been updated following last weekend’s (Sat., August 17, 2019) UFC 241 from Anaheim, California. In the UFC 241 main event, Stipe Miocic made a triumphant return to the top of the heavyweight throne when he finished …

The official UFC rankings have been updated following last weekend’s (Sat., August 17, 2019) UFC 241 from Anaheim, California. In the UFC 241 main event, Stipe Miocic made a triumphant return to the top of the heavyweight throne when he finished Daniel Cormier by TKO in the fourth round. For the massive victory, Miocic rose […]

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UFC 241 Medical Suspensions: Anthony Pettis Faces Six-Month Sit

This past weekend (Sat. August 17, 2019) UFC 241 took place on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In the main event of the night, Stipe Miocic knocked out Daniel Cormier in the fourth round to reclaim the heavyweight championship. Also, Nate Diaz ended a three-year layoff with a unanimous decision win […]

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This past weekend (Sat. August 17, 2019) UFC 241 took place on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

In the main event of the night, Stipe Miocic knocked out Daniel Cormier in the fourth round to reclaim the heavyweight championship. Also, Nate Diaz ended a three-year layoff with a unanimous decision win over Anthony “Showtime” Pettis in front of his fellow Californian crowd.

A middleweight banger took place between Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero, which the Brazilian won via unanimous decision. Now, the fighters on one of the biggest cards of the year have received their medical suspensions after their respective wars. The likes of Anthony Pettis, Yoel Romero, and Paulo Costa are facing possible 180-day sits.

Check out the full UFC 241 Medical Suspensions below, courtesy of MMA Fighting.

UFC 241 Medical Suspensions

  • Stipe Miocic: 60-day suspension for left eye laceration unless cleared by a physician. 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact for a hard bout.
  • Daniel Cormier: 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact due to a knockout.
  • Nate Diaz: 60-day suspension for right eye laceration unless cleared by a physician. 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact due to hard bout.
  • Anthony Pettis: 180-day suspension for possible fracture to foot, right orbital unless cleared by a physician. 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact.
  • Paulo Costa: 180-day suspension for possible right foot fracture unless cleared by a physician.
  • Yoel Romero: 180-day suspension due to possible fracture to his right ribs unless cleared by a physician. 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact.
  • Sodiq Yusuff: 180-day suspension for possible fracture to his left knee unless cleared by a physician. 60-day suspension for laceration to right eyebrow unless cleared by a physician.
  • Gabriel Benitez: 180-day suspension for possible fracture to right foot unless cleared by a physician. 60-day suspension for laceration to left eyebrow unless cleared by a physician. 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact.
  • Derek Brunson: 180-day suspension for possible fracture to left leg unless cleared by a physician.
  • Ian Heinisch: 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact mandatory due to hard bout.
  • Devonte Smith: 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact mandatory for TKO.
  • Raphael Assuncao: 60-day suspension for laceration to right eyelid unless cleared by a physician.
  • Christos Giagos: 60-day suspension for laceration to left eyebrow unless cleared by a physician. 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact for hard bout.
  • Manny Bermudez: 45-day suspension, 30 days no contact due to hard bout.
  • Jodie Esquibel: 180-day suspension for possible fracture to right arm unless cleared by a physician.
  • Shana Dobson: 180-day suspension for possible fracture to orbital unless cleared by a physician.

What do you make of the UFC 241 Medical Suspensions?

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