A middleweight matchup involving Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will happen at UFC 241, which is set for August 17 in Honda Centre at Anaheim, California. With the main event for this particular card viewing Daniel Cormier attempt to defend the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at a rematch,” Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for only 3 rounds. Bear in mind, this was assumed to be the primary event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card before both men fell off the card along with the headliner finally became Ronaldo”Jacare” Souza against Jack Hermansson. Now, after months 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 information.
Romero (13-3) hasn’t fought as 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 combined in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold involving the Whittaker battles that demonstrated that at age 42 he’s one of the top middleweights in the world. After beginning his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 in the UFC alone with wins over the likes of the aforementioned Rockhold and Souza, and of course Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Brad Tavares, and Derek Brunson. He comes from an elite wrestling background, and it has developed into one of the most devastating knockout artists the UFC has ever seen, making him a special gift. Romero has appeared amazing since linking the Octagon in 2013, and is now a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has finished all 12 of his pro 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 special knockout capacity to go along with the appearance of a superstar that makes him a particular talent in this sport. Costa has been involved in a few controversies lately involving USADA and the incentives that are athletic, but after all of that has been he’s finally been cleared to struggle. He is among the very best prospects at the middleweight division, and if he could defeat Romero in this fight he could jump into the title mix at 185lbs.
Though Costa has the potential to be an elite middleweight, until he can demonstrates he does this Romero should be favored to win this fight. While he is among the earliest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero is still one of the very dominant and recognized fighters in the division. Costa is a tremendous talent but still wants that one key marquee win before we can proceed and say he could beat a guy 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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