{"id":310137,"date":"2019-04-17T09:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310137"},"modified":"2019-04-17T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:29:04","slug":"israel-adesanya-fires-back-at-paulo-costa-after-post-fight-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-fires-back-at-paulo-costa-after-post-fight-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya fires back at Paulo Costa after post-fight comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shortly after Israel Adesanya captured the UFC interim middleweight title by defeating Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC 236 co-main event, he found himself on the receiving end of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-takes-shot-at-fake-champ-israel-adesanya-after-ufc-236\/\">a social media attack<\/a> from one of his primary rivals, fellow undefeated middleweight Paulo Costa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwOyRr_hROw\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cReally this is the interim (fake) champ? Hahah .<br \/>No doubt this weight division has already been better than this shit.\u00a0<br \/>Enjoy this while you can man, I really hope that you take the real belt one day to meet me. Note: And I\u2019m not the Gastelum.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Paulo Costa on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on The MMA Hour on Monday, Israel Adesanya responded to this comment from his Brazilian rival. He believes Costa is just jealous, and assured they&#8217;ll settle their differences in the cage if the Brazilian can continue to rise up the ranks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The MMA Hour: Episode 477 ( w\/ Israel Adesanya, Luke Rockhold, Maycee Barber)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JywVoNQ4Fyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHold up, fake champ? Does he have a belt? He wishes he was the \u2018fake\u2019 champ as well,&#8221; Adesanya said (transcript via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA News (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/israel-adesanya-blasts-jon-jones-paulo-costa\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;First of all, didn\u2019t he get popped for something recently for some acai in his stomach or something? I just wanna get him before USADA gets him. And eventually if he climbs up the ranks like he thinks he will, eventually we\u2019ll see each other so he can find out. Gastelum\u2019s a tough guy. He [Costa] got touched up after the Uriah [Hall] fight. \u2026 A guy like that\u2019s just salty. He\u2019s just salty cause I\u2019m the one getting the shine. They\u2019re trying to steal my shine and I\u2019m like, \u2018f*ck no.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you make of the ongoing beef between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa?<\/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 4\/17\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after Israel Adesanya captured the UFC interim middleweight title by defeating Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC 236 co-main event, he found himself on the receiving end of a social media attack from one of his primary rivals, fellow undefeated middleweight Paulo Costa. \u201cReally this is the interim (fake) champ? 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