ABU DHABI – Paulo Costa thinks Israel Adesanya went into his shell during their much-discussed face-to-face encounter to kick off UFC 253 fight week. Saturday’s middleweight title headliner has been promoted as a heated grudge, with Costa (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Adesanya (19-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) spending the past several months taking shots at one another. When they ran into each other on camera to kick off fight week in Abu Dhabi, though, they were extremely civil
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Paulo Costa: ‘Gentle’ Israel Adesanya changed personality at UFC 253 fight week run-in – MMA Junkie