Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa continue to trade barbs ahead of their highly anticipated middleweight title clash. Just over a month away from their Sept. 26 headliner at UFC 253, which is expected to take place at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UFC middleweight champion Adesanya and Costa were featured on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” in a heated, but entertaining exchange that had both fighters taking stabs at each other for their fighting styles. Both men are coming off wins over Yoel Romero in two completely different fights. Costa threw down in a “Fight of the Year” candidate with Romero at UFC 241 in a fight in which both scored knockdowns and continuously traded for 15 minutes. Adesanya was involved in a more tactical fight with Romero in which Romero was a lot more tentative to engage
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Israel Adesanya: Paulo Costa dumb, but dangerous at UFC 253; Costa fires back – MMA Junkie