{"id":338839,"date":"2020-01-21T09:54:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338839"},"modified":"2020-01-21T09:54:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:54:23","slug":"dana-white-scolds-paulo-costa-pump-the-brakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-scolds-paulo-costa-pump-the-brakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White scolds Paulo Costa: &#8216;Pump the brakes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Paulo Costa defeated Yoel Romero in August of 2019, the expectation was that he&#8217;d get the next crack at UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Unfortunately for Costa, an injury derailed this plan, and Romero was granted the next title shot while Costa recovers.<\/p>\n<p>While the title fight between Adesanya and Romero is already official for UFC 248 on March 7, Costa has seemingly been on the mend faster than expected, and is even back to training.<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White thinks that&#8217;s a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the post-fight press conference for Saturday&#8217;s UFC 246 card in Las Vegas, White scolded Costa for rushing his return to training and urged him to slow down.<\/p>\n<p id=\"r8bDHL\">\u201cCosta is in this big rush,\u201d White said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/1\/20\/21072670\/dana-white-paulo-costa-pump-the-breaks-slow-down-adesanya-romero-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cWe\u2019re watching his Instagram the other day, and the guy is working out like he\u2019s training for a fight right now. You shouldn\u2019t be doing that when you just got done with surgery, and they are saying now you\u2019ll be ready for June.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UhdsB2\">\u201cHe shouldn\u2019t be training like that. You know what happens when you do that? You get hurt again. He needs to pump the brakes and slow down, make sure he\u2019s 100 percent and doesn\u2019t get hurt again, and then we can do that fight after Romero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White added that his plan is to \u201cdo the Costa fight after,\u201d Adesanya and Romero battle for gold at UFC 248. Costa, however, is worried Romero might spoil his long-awaited grudge match with Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XlcqcK\">\u201cHe might win, but he might lose,\u201d Costa told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/1\/20\/21072670\/dana-white-paulo-costa-pump-the-breaks-slow-down-adesanya-romero-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> recently. \u201cAnd if he loses, he\u2019s back to being a nobody again. No longer undefeated, no longer the champion, and he misses the opportunity of making millions in a fight against me. Simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the year 2020 holds for Paulo Costa?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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 1\/21\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Paulo Costa defeated Yoel Romero in August of 2019, the expectation was that he&#8217;d get the next crack at UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Unfortunately for Costa, an injury derailed this plan, and Romero was granted the next title shot while Costa recovers. 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