{"id":356166,"date":"2020-07-15T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T16:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=356166"},"modified":"2020-07-15T09:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T16:14:03","slug":"dana-white-updates-on-israel-adesanya-vs-paulo-costa-fight-theres-no-hold-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-updates-on-israel-adesanya-vs-paulo-costa-fight-theres-no-hold-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White updates on Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa fight: “There\u2019s no hold up”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC President Dana White recently provided an update on a long-awaited middleweight title fight between champ Israel Adesanya and challenger Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n

Fans have been dying to see Adesanya and Costa, both undefeated, fight for middleweight gold for close to a year.<\/p>\n

Initially, it looked like the fight might occur in late 2019. Unfortunately, that plan was derailed by a Costa bicep injury, and Adesanya accepted a title defense against Yoel Romero in March instead. The champion won that fight by decision.<\/p>\n

With Adesanya’s win over Romero in the rear view, and Costa finally healthy, there’s seemingly no barrier to the pair being booked for a fight. Yet the fight still isn’t official.<\/p>\n

Costa’s manager Wallid Ismail recently claimed that the delay can be attributed to Adesanya and his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cUFC offered Adesanya to fight on July 11 and August 15 and Adesanya declined both times,\u201d Ismail told BJPENN.com<\/a>. \u201cHis coach claims Adesanya hasn\u2019t gotten an offer which is not true. We have proof.\u201d<\/p>\n

White, however, says there is no delay in terms of making the matchup official. The promotion is simply focused on other things \u2014 specifically its quartet of cards on Fight Island \u2014 and holding off on pulling the trigger on Adesanya vs. Costa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no hold up,\u201d White told the media assembled in Abu Dhabi, the setting of Fight Island (via MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cWe just haven\u2019t done it yet. There\u2019s no hold up. We\u2019re focused on Fight Island, I\u2019m not thinking about anything other than this right now. We have fights laid out until October, our schedule\u2019s already made, we\u2019re way ahead of this thing. When it\u2019s time, we\u2019ll announce it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whenever Adesanya and Costa end up fighting, the expectation is that it will be an incredible fight. Costa’s coach Eric Albarracin, for his part, believes it will be \u201cthe greatest middleweight title fight in history.”<\/p>\n

\u201cPaulo Costa vs Adesanya will be the greatest middleweight title fight in history,” the Costa coach told BJPENN.com. “These two hate each other, they are at each other\u2019s throats. When we went to UFC 243<\/a>, Adesanya called him Ricky Martin, and he does look like Ricky Martin but he hits like Mike Tyson. Adesanya will not step out of the cage there, Costa will erase him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Who do you think will come out on top when Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa finally step into the cage together? Give us your prediction in the comments section down below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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