{"id":269600,"date":"2018-02-07T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269600"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:46:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:46:24","slug":"report-middleweight-strikers-uriah-hall-paulo-costa-fight-atlantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/uriah-hall\/report-middleweight-strikers-uriah-hall-paulo-costa-fight-atlantic-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Middleweight strikers Uriah Hall and Paulo Costa to fight in Atlantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, the UFC announced its plans for an April 21 return to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Though the card is still some distance away, it&#8217;s already starting to come together. The latest bout that&#8217;s reportedly in the works for this Atlantic City date is a middleweight scrap between knockout artists Uriah Hall and Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n<p>This bout was first reported by Raphael Marinho of Combate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">UFC planeja luta entre Uriah Hall e Paulo Borrachinha em Atlantic City <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WZPWBi9I0A\">https:\/\/t.co\/WZPWBi9I0A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raphael Marinho (@raphamarinho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raphamarinho\/status\/961217292855062528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hall will enter this fight having recently knocked out\u00a0Krzysztof Jotko. This win separated him from a trio of losses to Gegard Mousasi, Derek Brunson and Robert Whittaker. He&#8217;s 13-8 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Costa, on the other hand, will touch down in Atlantic City with a flawless 11-0 record. His latest win came in November, when he knocked out former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks. His other Octagon wins have come against\u00a0Garreth McLellan and Oluwale Bamgbose, both by TKO.<\/p>\n<p>News of this bout comes just hours after the UFC announced<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-atlantic-city\/ufc-atlantic-city-gets-clash-ranked-middleweights-ranked-light-heavyweights\/\"> two other compelling bouts<\/a> for this Atlantic City card.<\/p>\n<p>One of these new bouts will occur at middleweight, where former two-division World Series of Fighting champion David Branch will attempt to rebound from a stoppage loss to Luke Rockhold opposite streaking knockout artist Thiago Santos. The other will occur at light heavyweight, where ranked wrestlers Corey Anderson and Patrick Cummins will collide.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official UFC Atlantic City fight card as it currently stands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspen Ladd vs. Leslie Smith<\/li>\n<li>Merab Dvalishvili vs. Augusto Mendes<\/li>\n<li>Magomed Bibulatov vs. Ulka Sasaki<\/li>\n<li>David Branch vs. Thiago \u201cMarreta\u201d Santos<\/li>\n<li>Corey Anderson vs. Patrick Cummins<\/li>\n<li>Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Luan Chagas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who do you think comes out on top in this planed Uriah Hall vs. Paulo Costa middleweight bout in Atlantic City? Join the conversation in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/7\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, the UFC announced its plans for an April 21 return to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Though the card is still some distance away, it&#8217;s already starting to come together. 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