{"id":305327,"date":"2019-03-12T06:41:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305327"},"modified":"2019-03-12T06:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:41:47","slug":"top-middleweights-troll-paulo-costa-after-yoel-romeros-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/top-middleweights-troll-paulo-costa-after-yoel-romeros-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Top middleweights troll Paulo Costa after Yoel Romero&#8217;s accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a period, middleweight destroyers Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa were expected to collide this spring. In a surprising twist, however, Romero was then <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jacare-souza-has-awesome-reaction-yoel-romero-rematch-booking\/\">matched up with Ronaldo &#8216;Jacare&#8217; Souza,<\/a> leaving Costa without an opponent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday, Romero stated that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/yoel-romero-heard-paulo-costa-being-flagged-by-usada-was-reason-for-fight-falling-out\/\">he heard<\/a> Paulo Costa had been flagged for a potential United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) violation \u2014 the reason he&#8217;s apparently been pulled from this fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weighty accusation has not yet been confirmed or denied by USADA or the UFC. It&#8217;s also been vehemently denied by Costa&#8217;s camp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked Paulo Costa\u2019s manager Wallid Ismail about Romero\u2019s comments today: \u201cHe\u2019s a big liar. I don\u2019t know where he got that from. Paulo Costa did not test positive for anything. He\u2019s an absolute liar. This I guarantee you.\u201d<br><br>Full interview with Romero: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QX91nKghVQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/QX91nKghVQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1105296378232750080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, it did not take long for a handful of Costa&#8217;s middleweight rivals to start taking shots at him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the first to do so was former UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#usada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/costa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#costa<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisweidman\/status\/1105252288220876803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck,&#8221; Weidman wrote of Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn cheaters !<\/p>&mdash; Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisweidman\/status\/1105252652961722368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Damn cheaters!&#8221; the former champ added in a followup Tweet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top UFC middleweight contender Israel Adesanya also took a moment to target Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/stylebender\/status\/1105324323571560449\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Free range, No GMO!! Maybe he&#8217;s born with it, maybe it&#8217;s a\u00e7a\u00ed,&#8221; Adesanya wrote. &#8220;Sips tea in yoruba #everybodysonsteroids #hitsblunt&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uriah Hall, a former opponent of Paulo Costa, also made a comment on Twitter, although it seems to have been deleted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reiterate, Romero&#8217;s comments about Costa&#8217; remain purely rumor at present, and Costa&#8217;s team has denied these rumors completely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for further updates on this Paulo Costa situation as they emerge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/12\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a period, middleweight destroyers Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa were expected to collide this spring. 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