{"id":343249,"date":"2020-03-05T06:44:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343249"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:11:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:11:41","slug":"dana-white-says-paulo-costa-attempted-to-use-fake-doctor-to-get-cleared-by-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-248\/dana-white-says-paulo-costa-attempted-to-use-fake-doctor-to-get-cleared-by-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says Paulo Costa attempted to use fake doctor to get cleared by the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White has claimed that Paulo Costa tried to use a fake doctor in order to receive medical clearance from the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Costa, who holds an unbeaten 13-0 professional mixed martial arts record, is 5-0 since joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship with his last win coming over UFC 248 headliner Yoel Romero.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dana White, Costa would&#8217;ve been the man to challenge Israel Adesanya for the UFC Middleweight Championship this weekend if it wasn&#8217;t due to his injury problems.<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y0NDDZS26BY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a recent media scrum<\/a> in the lead-up to Saturday night&#8217;s big event in Las Vegas, White had the following about Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect him,\u201d White said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/3\/4\/21164822\/paulo-costa-tried-fool-dana-white-fake-doctor-clear-eraser-ufc-return-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cI respect the fact he wants to fight. \u2018I\u2019m ready, I\u2019m ready,\u2019 no you&#8217;re not. You\u2019re not a doctor. And then he got some guy who\u2019s his buddy or something to say he\u2019s okay. No, that\u2019s not how this works. I don\u2019t want to push him and make him hurt himself again. Take your time, you\u2019re getting the fight, that fight is gonna happen, don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s close, but let\u2019s take our time,\u201d White continued, encouraging Costa to slow down. \u201cThe more time the better with that injury. Then he starts throwing up videos of himself hitting the mitts and doing all kinds of crazy s*** that he probably shouldn\u2019t be doing right now. But he\u2019s a freak athlete too, so who knows. I just don\u2019t want the guy to get hurt again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Costa is recovering from a bicep injury, and while White has pretty much guaranteed that he&#8217;ll receive a title shot against whoever wins the fight this weekend at T-Mobile Arena, it&#8217;s quite clear to see that Costa is getting impatient and wants to get his hands on &#8220;The Last Stylebender&#8221; &#8211; especially after their post-fight interaction at UFC 243.<\/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 3\/5\/2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White has claimed that Paulo Costa tried to use a fake doctor in order to receive medical clearance from the UFC. Costa, who holds an unbeaten 13-0 professional mixed martial arts record, is 5-0 since joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship with his last win coming over UFC 248 headliner Yoel Romero. 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