{"id":377840,"date":"2021-03-02T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=377840"},"modified":"2021-03-02T20:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:02:16","slug":"paulo-costa-claims-sober-costa-is-still-undefeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-claims-sober-costa-is-still-undefeated\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa claims \u201cSober Costa\u201d is still \u201cundefeated&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa has jokingly responded after all the backlash he received for saying he fought Israel Adesanya with a hangover.<\/p>\n<p>Costa had entered the Adesanya fight sporting an undefeated record, but something appeared to be off in the scrap. With that said, it was \u201cThe Last Stylebender\u201d who emerged victorious by way of second-round TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the loss, Costa claimed something happened and he wanted a rematch. He originally <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paulo-costa\/paulo-costa-reveals-he-fought-israel-adesanya-with-a-totally-impaired-leg-and-shouldve-postponed-the-fight\/\">said his leg was impaired,<\/a> but recently claimed he was hungover in the fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"gfMbrW\">\u201cI was kind of drunk (when) I fought, maybe, on a hangover. I couldn\u2019t sleep because of the cramps. Keep in mind that the fight happens at 9 a.m., we have to wake up at 5 to get ready, stretch, wrap the hands. The UFC told us to wake up at 5 in the morning to go to the arena to fight. I hadn\u2019t slept until 2:30,\u201d Costa said on his YouTube channel. (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/2\/28\/22305807\/paulo-costa-too-much-wine-night-before-fighting-israel-adesanya-hangover-ufc-253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"F2qesR\">\u201cIt was my mistake and I don\u2019t blame anyone else, it was something I chose, but, in order to try to sleep, because I had to sleep since I was awake for 24 hours,\u201d Costa continued. \u201cI had wine, too much wine, a bottle to try to blackout. I had a glass and didn\u2019t work. Two glasses, it didn\u2019t work. Half bottle didn\u2019t work. I had it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After he posted that, Adesanya and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/luke-rockhold-blasts-annoying-stupid-paulo-costa-for-hangover-excuse-shut-up-and-stop-making-excuses\/\">several other fighters have blasted the Brazilian<\/a> for his excuse. However, he seems to be taking it well as he claims when he is sober, he is still undefeated.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/borrachinhamma\/status\/1366929977493630977?s=21<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSober Costa is still undefeated,\u201d Costa wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Costa <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/report-robert-whittaker-vs-paulo-costa-headlines-ufc-fight-night-card-in-april\/\">is set to face Robert Whittaker on April 17<\/a>. If he wins, there is a chance he gets the rematch with Adesanya that he wants. He also holds wins over Yoel Romero and Uriah Hall among others.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Paulo Costa joking that Sober Costa is still undefeated?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa has jokingly responded after all the backlash he received for saying he fought Israel Adesanya with a hangover. Costa had entered the Adesanya fight sporting an undefeated record, but something appeared to be off in the scrap. With that said, it was \u201cThe Last Stylebender\u201d who emerged victorious by way of second-round TKO. 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