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Undefeated contender Paulo Costa has his sights set on a future matchup with current interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian standout, Costa (14-0 MMA), defeated former title challenger Yoel Romero by way of unanimous decision on the main card of last night’s UFC 241 event in Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Following his three-round war with ‘The Soldier of God’, Paulo Costa was informed that ‘Stylebender’ had taken to twitter insulting him with an emoji of a dinosaur.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/stylebender\/status\/1162971026185023488?s=20<\/p>\n

The tweet from Israel Adesanya insinuated that Paulo Costa had the short arms of a Tyrannosaurus.<\/p>\n

‘The Eraser’ responded to Adesanya’s jab during last night’s UFC 241 post-fight press conference (via MMAMania<\/a>).<\/p>\n

“He says I have, uh, \u2018dinosaur arms.\u2019 So. It\u2019s personal.\u201d Costa explained. “He\u2019s very skinny, he not have a chance against me.”<\/p>\n

Israel Adesanya will square off with current middleweight kingpin Robert Whittaker in the headliner of October’s UFC 243 event in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paulo Costa believes both ‘The Reaper’ and ‘Stylebender’ are fearful of what he brings to the Octagon.<\/p>\n

“I think that both are looking to me, scared. Because the both guys know now they have a very, very tough guy looking for them.”<\/p>\n

As for who will emerge victorious in the highly anticipated UFC 243 headliner, Paulo Costa has his money on Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n

“I think Whittaker will beat Adesanya. But, I beat Romero. For me, Romero won against Robert Whittaker. But if Adesanya won, (and) takes the belt? Man. I can kill that guy!”<\/p>\n

Would you like to see a future fight between undefeated middleweight standouts Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com August 18, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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