{"id":397510,"date":"2021-10-20T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=397510"},"modified":"2021-10-20T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:28:55","slug":"paulo-costa-reveals-he-wont-make-middleweight-says-if-fight-doesnt-happen-its-because-marvin-vettori-dont-want-to-fight-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-reveals-he-wont-make-middleweight-says-if-fight-doesnt-happen-its-because-marvin-vettori-dont-want-to-fight-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa reveals he won’t make middleweight, says if fight doesn’t happen it’s because Marvin Vettori ‘don\u2019t want to fight me’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paulo Costa has made it known he won’t be making weight for his UFC Vegas 41 middleweight main event.<\/p>\n

At media day on Thursday, Marvin Vettori revealed the Brazilian came into fight week heavy and has been asking to change the weight<\/a>. When Costa had his turn at media day, he confirmed it and said his manager has been in contact with Ali Abdelaziz to try and make it a catchweight.<\/p>\n

“My weight right now is 96kilos (211 pounds),\u201d Costa said during the UFC Vegas 41 media day (via MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cWhat happened yesterday, [my manager] Wallid [Ismail] talked with some people with him, Ali [Abdelaziz], his manager I think, and it\u2019s not on the schedule to make 185 [pounds] anymore. It\u2019s another weight. I\u2019m not exactly [sure] which weight yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Costa, if the fight doesn’t happen<\/a>, he says it will because Vettori doesn’t want to fight him, not due to the fact he will come in heavy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this fight will happen,\u201d Costa said. \u201cIt just will not happen if he don\u2019t want to fight me. Maybe we can do a catchweight 195 [pounds] maybe but I think make this fight [205 pounds] could be more exciting to the fans. More explosive fight cause I want to go bring the fight for him. Maybe he wants to bring the fight to me. I think with both guys heavy, this knockout can happen easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Paulo Costa is just hoping he and Marvin Vettori’s team can reach an agreement on what weight the fight will be. As just two days before the weigh-in, it is clear this main event will not be at middleweight.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake a little difference for me now, four or five pounds, six pounds. I just don\u2019t care,\u201d Costa said. \u201cI\u2019m more concentrated on my weight than on his weight. I don\u2019t care if he makes 225 pounds or more. We need to find a catchweight to make. I don\u2019t know exactly yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you make of Paulo Costa not being able to make weight against Marvin Vettori?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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