{"id":356695,"date":"2020-07-21T08:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=356695"},"modified":"2020-07-21T08:47:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:47:23","slug":"dana-white-scolds-mma-media-for-reporting-adesanya-vs-costa-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-scolds-mma-media-for-reporting-adesanya-vs-costa-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White scolds MMA media for reporting Adesanya vs. Costa fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White is not happy about the recent reports that Israel Adesanya will defend the UFC middleweight title against Paulo Costa at UFC 253.<\/p>\n<p>News of this UFC 253 middleweight title fight was first reported by Brazilian publication Combate, and subsequently confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/7\/18\/21329812\/israel-adesanya-vs-paulo-costa-set-for-ufc-253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Costa himself later confirmed that the fight is &#8220;on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The fight is on folks!<br \/>\nIn September I ll bring the Show up<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorrachinhaMMA\/status\/1284605022878212097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to these reports, White claims the fight is not yet official, and is pretty upset that it&#8217;s been reported as such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s true,&#8221; White said at the UFC on ESPN+ 30 post-fight press conference (via Essentially Sports). &#8220;I don\u2019t think both have signed. It\u2019s not done\u2026 F***ing guys. They were told not to say anything. Combate breaks it immediately, tweeting, you know? The fight is not done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While White claims this Adesanya vs. Costa fight is still not finalized, he also recently assured that there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-updates-on-israel-adesanya-vs-paulo-costa-fight-theres-no-hold-up\/\">nothing<\/a> barring the fight from being made official.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GE1Rso\">\u201cThere\u2019s no hold up,\u201d White told the assembled MMA media in Abu Dhabi recently. \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<p>Whenever White and the UFC make this Adesanya vs. Costa fight official, its going to be huge.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Costa&#8217;s coach Eric Albarracin recently told BJPENN.com that it will go down as one of the best middleweight title fights ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPaulo Costa vs Adesanya will be the greatest middleweight title fight in history,\u201d he said. \u201cThese two hate each other, they are at each other\u2019s throats. When we went to UFC 243, 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this complain rom UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White is not happy about the recent reports that Israel Adesanya will defend the UFC middleweight title against Paulo Costa at UFC 253. News of this UFC 253 middleweight title fight was first reported by Brazilian publication Combate, and subsequently confirmed by MMA Fighting. 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