{"id":361960,"date":"2020-09-22T11:39:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=361960"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:39:36","slug":"israel-adesanya-ufc-253-foe-paulo-costa-is-tailor-made-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-ufc-253-foe-paulo-costa-is-tailor-made-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya: UFC 253 foe Paulo Costa is &#8220;tailor-made for me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes his UFC 253 opponent <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-sends-message-to-israel-adesanya-i-will-kill-you\/\">Paulo Costa<\/a> is a &#8220;tailor-made&#8221; opponent for him.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya gave one of his more recent breakdowns of this matchup in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/israel-adesanya-talks-black-lives-211709697.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports<\/a>. He shared his belief that Costa&#8217;s aggressive, forward-marching style will play perfectly into his hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is one of those fights that&#8217;s just tailor-made for me,&#8221; Adesanya said. &#8220;He thinks he&#8217;s just going to walk me down and that&#8217;s it. I implore him to try to do that, I implore him to keep that same energy, because he&#8217;s going to be in for a rude awakening before he wakes up on the floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Costa is famous for his aggression in the cage, but also also shown some impressive durability, particularly in his 2019 win over the brick-fisted Yoel Romero. 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