{"id":316697,"date":"2019-06-18T19:03:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T02:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316697"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:03:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T02:03:39","slug":"paulo-costa-says-ex-trainer-was-a-snitch-and-tried-to-blackmail-him-with-iv-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-says-ex-trainer-was-a-snitch-and-tried-to-blackmail-him-with-iv-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa says ex-trainer was a &#8216;snitch&#8217; and tried to blackmail him with IV video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa is set to return to the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/fourth-times-the-charm-yoel-romero-vs-paulo-costa-targeted-for-ufc-241\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Octagon at UFC 241 against Yoel Romero<\/a>. It will be the Brazilian&#8217;s first fight since being <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/paulo-costa-accepts-six-month-usada-suspension-for-iv-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sidelined for six months due to a USADA suspension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His suspension came in part due to a leaked video of Costa using IV&#8217;s after weigh-ins. There, the Brazilian says he found out the leak came from an ex-trainer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was already identified and removed from the team,\u201d Costa told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agfight.com.br\/paulo-borrachinha-relata-tentativa-de-extorsao-por-parte-de-ex-treinador-entenda\/\">Ag. Fight<\/a>\u00a0(as transcribed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/6\/18\/18683435\/paulo-costa-ex-trainer-attempted-blackmail-iv-video-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThis person tried to send it to several people. It\u2019s a tragicomic situation. He hurt himself a lot because he was cut from the team. He was part of the team and betrayed not only my confidence but every fighter\u2019s (confidence), I believe. I don\u2019t know if a trainer can have the confidence of a fighter or a gym owner now because if he does that to one fighter, he\u2019ll do to another. This guy has to be banned from the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Not naming the trainer<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, Paulo Costa will not name the trainer. But, he thinks he knows why the trainer tried to do it. The Brazilian says he believes his ex-trainer thought Costa was making a lot of money and thought he could get some of it by blackmailing him from the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe tried to use that short moment to hurt me and extort me with that video,\u201d he added. \u201cHe said, \u2018If you don\u2019t give me this amount of money\u2026\u2019 That completely broke the confidence and I obviously didn\u2019t even try to negotiate because I knew what I was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Paulo Costa said he trusted the wrong people and let them into his hotel room. But, entering this fight against Yoel Romero, Costa knows he has the right team with him.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of this scenario involving Paulo Costa? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><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 6\/18\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa is set to return to the Octagon at UFC 241 against Yoel Romero. It will be the Brazilian&#8217;s first fight since being sidelined for six months due to a USADA suspension. His suspension came in part due to a leaked video of Costa using IV&#8217;s after weigh-ins. 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