{"id":448652,"date":"2022-05-25T17:18:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=448652"},"modified":"2022-05-25T17:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:18:56","slug":"luke-rockhold-vs-paulo-costa-moved-to-ufc-278-former-champ-rips-borrachina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-vs-paulo-costa-moved-to-ufc-278-former-champ-rips-borrachina\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold vs. Paulo Costa moved to UFC 278, former champ rips ‘Borrachina’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Rockhold and Paulo Costa will no longer be fighting at UFC 277 on July 30.<\/p>\n

According to MMA reporter, The Schmo<\/a>, Rockhold vs. Costa has been moved to August 20, which is UFC 278. The event is expected to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah. The news also comes just hours<\/a> after Rockhold did an interview with Submission Radio who ripped the Brazilian for trying to delay their fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s trying to delay the fight again to August 20. This guy is \u2026 something\u2019s going on behind the scenes,” Rockhold said about Costa on Submission Radio<\/a>. “I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing over there, Caitlin… The contract was signed, and now he\u2019s trying to move it again, making room for all these detailed things that he\u2019s working on. Maybe a new booty?…<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

“I think he\u2019s on his second or third, and then they want to go to August 20. That\u2019s all I\u2019m hearing right now,” Rockhold continued. “This is the last straw. I mean, the UFC wants it, I want to fight, I love it, I love the fight, but I ain\u2019t gonna wait any longer, and I\u2019ll be ready if something else happens otherwise to somebody else, too. So, I\u2019m in training, I\u2019m working, nothing\u2019s changing, and I\u2019m just getting better. I\u2019m just getting f*****g better every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke Rockhold (16-5) hasn’t fought since UFC 239 in July of 2019 as he moved up to light heavyweight and suffered a KO loss to Jan Blachowicz. Prior to that, he suffered a KO loss to Yoel Romero for the interim middleweight title, his last win was over David Branch by TKO in 2017.<\/p>\n

Paulo Costa (13-2) is on a two-fight losing streak and coming off a decision loss to Marvin Vettori back in October. In the fight prior, he suffered a TKO loss to Israel Adesanya for the interim title. He also holds notable wins over Yoel Romero, Johny Hendricks, and Uriah Hall.<\/p>\n

With Rockhold vs. Costa being moved to UFC 278, the card is as follows:<\/p>\n