{"id":362071,"date":"2020-09-24T06:16:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=362071"},"modified":"2020-09-24T06:16:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:16:19","slug":"video-israel-adesanya-paulo-costa-square-off-on-fight-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-israel-adesanya-paulo-costa-square-off-on-fight-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Video | Israel Adesanya, Paulo Costa square off on Fight Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 253, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will attempt to defend his title against his fiercest challenger yet, Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Adesanya and Costa came face-to-face for a pre-fight staredown, and as expected, it was quite tense. See it below:<\/p>\n

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One of the biggest fights in middleweight history! 🏆 @Stylebender vs 🇧🇷 @BorrachinhaMMA [ #UFC253 – LIVE on ESPN+ PPV: LINK IN BIO ]<\/a><\/p>\n

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