{"id":285881,"date":"2018-09-24T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=285881"},"modified":"2018-09-25T06:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:28:10","slug":"paulo-costa-wants-to-win-ufc-titles-in-three-weight-classes-move-to-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paulo-costa\/paulo-costa-wants-to-win-ufc-titles-in-three-weight-classes-move-to-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa wants to win UFC titles in three weight classes, move to boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa, an undefeated contender in the stacked UFC middleweight division, has big plans for his combat sports career. The 27-year-old Brazilian hopes to win the UFC middleweight title, then capture the UFC welterweight and light heavyweight titles, retain all three for a period, then retire from MMA and move to boxing.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what he calls his Plan A. His Plan B? He says he doesn&#8217;t have one, because a Plan B implies a failed Plan A.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Costa broke down his lofty goals in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/agfight.com.br\/borrachinha-cita-plano-de-carreira-e-almeja-cinturao-do-ufc-em-tres-categorias-diferentes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ag Fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VDxBbT\">\u201cMy career plan is simply to retain three belts and retire,&#8221; he said (translation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2018\/9\/24\/17894242\/middleweight-prospect-paulo-costa-plans-to-win-three-ufc-belts-and-retire-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloody Elbow<\/a>). &#8220;I can fight at welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight. I want to do boxing afterwards, before I turn 35. [A person who has a] Plan B never accomplishes plan A or B. You can\u2019t have a plan B in life. When you have a plan B, you\u2019ll give up in the first adversity you face. So what did I do? I said I would never have a plan B. My only one is plan A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Costa has already made big sacrifices to ensure his Plan A becomes a reality \u2014 and to avoid his dreaded Plan B. He&#8217;s prepared to continue doing so.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MABj4w\">\u201cI never had money to catch the bus to go train, nor to buy my supplements,&#8221; Costa said. &#8220;I spent six months away from home. I spent Christmas, New Year\u2019s, everything, away from my family, with no means to go visit them. I simply soldiered through all that, because I had no plan B.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Costa was briefly scheduled to fight recent UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero at UFC 230 on November 3. Regrettably,<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/despite-announcement-yoel-romero-not-competing-at-ufc-230-vs-paulo-costa\/\"> Romero was not able to accept this fight<\/a>. Costa now plans to wait for Romero and fight him in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Paulo Costa can capture titles in three UFC weight classes, or will the Brazilian knockout artist be forced to downgrade to a Plan B?<\/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 9\/24\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa, an undefeated contender in the stacked UFC middleweight division, has big plans for his combat sports career. The 27-year-old Brazilian hopes to win the UFC middleweight title, then capture the UFC welterweight and light heavyweight titles, retain all three for a period, then retire from MMA and move to boxing. 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