{"id":310553,"date":"2019-04-21T09:39:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310553"},"modified":"2019-04-21T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T16:39:19","slug":"israel-adesanya-responds-to-paulo-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-responds-to-paulo-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya responds to Paulo Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is becoming very clear that current interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and surging contender Paulo Costa do not like each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his thrilling five round decision victory over Kelvin Gastelum at UFC<\/a> 236, Adesanya was targeted by Costa in a social media post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally this is the interim (fake) champ?\u201d wrote Costa. \u201cNo doubt this weight division has already been better than this s**t. 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Paulo
Image: @borrachinhamma on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As expected, Israel Adesanya did not take well to Costa\u2019s comments and thus unleashed some words of his own while a guest on The MMA Hour<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFake champ? Does he have belt?. He wishes he was a fake champion as well\u201d Adesanya laughed. \u201cDidn\u2019t he get popped for something recently? Like A\u00e7a\u00ed in the stomach or something? I just want to get him before USADA gets him and eventually, if he climbs up the ranks like he thinks he will, then eventually we\u2019ll see each other. Gastelum is a tough guy and he got touched up by Uriah. Did you see his face after the Uriah fight? He got touched up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel Adesanya is expected to fight Robert Whittaker in a middleweight title unification bout later this summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Paulo Costa, the Brazilian was linked to fights with Yoel Romero on two separate occasions, neither of which came to fruition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you think we will see a fight between \u201cStylebender\u201d and Costa down the road? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is becoming very clear that current interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and surging contender Paulo Costa do not like each other. 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