YOEL ROMERO VS. PAULO COSTA ADDED TO UFC 241

A middleweight matchup involving Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will take place at UFC 241, which is set for August 17 in Honda Centre at Anaheim, California. With the most important event for this card seeing Daniel Cormier try to shield the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at a rematch, Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for just 3 rounds. Bear in mind, this was supposed to be the main event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card before the two men dropped off the card along with the headliner eventually became Ronaldo”Jacare” Souza against Jack Hermansson. Now, after weeks of trash talking each other in interviews and on social networking, we will eventually see Romero and Costa throw down this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the information.
Romero (13-3) hasn’t fought since a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker past summer at UFC 225. Though Romero has dropped two of his last 3 trips to Whittaker, he mixed in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold in-between the Whittaker battles that proved that at age 42 he is one of the top middleweights in the world. After starting his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 in the UFC alone with wins over the likes of the above 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 grown into one of the most devastating knockout artists the UFC has ever observed, which makes him a special talent. Romero has appeared amazing since linking the Octagon in 2013, and is presently a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has finished all 12 of his pro MMA victories and has a perfect 4-0 record at the UFC which includes knockout wins over Uriah Hall, Johnny Hendricks, Oluwale Bamgbose and Garreth McLellan. He’s got the special knockout capacity to cooperate with the look of a celebrity that makes him a special 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 one of the very best prospects at the middleweight division, and if he could conquer Romero inside this fight he could jump into the title mix at 185lbs.
Though Costa has the capability to be an elite middleweight, until he will demonstrates he does this Romero should be favored to win this battle. While he’s one of the oldest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero remains among the most dominant and proven fighters in the division. Costa is a huge talent but still needs that one key marquee triumph 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 name at 185lbs.
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