{"id":361405,"date":"2020-09-16T10:26:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=361405"},"modified":"2020-09-16T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:26:57","slug":"coach-says-paulo-costa-wants-to-fight-jon-jones-he-cant-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-says-paulo-costa-wants-to-fight-jon-jones-he-cant-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach says Paulo Costa wants to fight Jon Jones: “He can\u2019t hide”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Albarracin says his star pupil, upcoming UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa, still wants to fight Jon Jones in the future.<\/p>\n

Costa is set to challenge Israel Adesanya for the UFC middleweight title in the main event of UFC 253 on September 26. Speaking to ESPN<\/a> recently, Albarracin expressed his confidence that Costa will win that title fight, and also suggested that Costa could move up to the light heavyweight division in search of a fight with Jones thereafter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that the initial goal, the main goal right now is going after Israel Adesanya, getting that belt,\u201d Albarracin (via Essentially Sports<\/a>). \u201cWe got him figured out. We got his whole team figured out. I know what Volkanovski\u2019s game is. I know Israel Adesanya\u2019s game, Dan Hooker\u2019s game. We got them figured out to a T. On September 26th Paulo Costa will erase Israel Adesanya. Then don\u2019t be surprised if we\u2019re going after that 205 belt either. Jon Jones can run but he can\u2019t hide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Jones, of course, recently vacated the light heavyweight title in anticipation of a division-change of his own. After a long-time reign as the UFC light heavyweight champion, he’s now planning to move up to heavyweight in search of glory in a second weight class.<\/p>\n

That being said, a future light heavyweight fight between Jones and Costa is certainly a possibility, particularly if Costa defeats Adesanya at UFC 253. Jones has previously floated with the idea of a fight with Adesanya, and would probably entertain a fight with Costa if the Brazilian can continue his winning ways.<\/p>\n

First, however, Costa will need to topple Adesanya. He seems quite confident<\/a> that he’ll be able to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really think he has good skills,\u201d Costa told ESPN of Adesanya recently. \u201cHis best skill is running away \u2013 avoid the fight. He\u2019s very good at that \u2013 very good when he wants to do that. I tried to ask him why he just stood when he faced Romero. The only thing more disturbing than his hair was his fight against [Yoel] Romero.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does a future fight between Paulo Costa and Jon Jones interest you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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