{"id":455318,"date":"2022-08-09T11:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=455318"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:09:25","slug":"paulo-costa-is-looking-lean-and-mean-ahead-of-his-middleweight-return-at-ufc-278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paulo-costa-is-looking-lean-and-mean-ahead-of-his-middleweight-return-at-ufc-278\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Costa is looking lean and mean ahead of his middleweight return at UFC 278"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa is looking lean and mean ahead of his middleweight return at UFC 278.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Paulo Costa (13-2 MMA) vs Luke Rockhold (16-5 MMA) in the middleweight co-main event on Saturday, August 20th at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Costa, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/paulo-costa\/\">Borrachinha<\/a>&#8216; will be entering the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Octagon<\/a> with hopes of snapping his two-fight losing skid. Costa lost to Marvin Vettori (18-5 MMA) in October of 2021 and Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA) in September of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold, 37, also has 2 losses in his last 2 fights. The Californian was defeated by Jan Blachowicz (29-9 MMA) in July of 2019 and Yoel Romero (14-6 MMA) in February of 2018. Both of those setbacks came by way of knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold had stepped away from the sport following his nasty loss to Jan Blachowicz. The fighter acknowledged he is now ready to re-enter the Octagon, after a 3 year hiatus, and is looking to get back in the win column at UFC 278.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold vs Costa was originally scheduled for July 30th at UFC 277 in Dallas, Texas, but the Brazilian requested a delay.<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, both men are in desperate need of a win, but there can be only one winner on August 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Costa took to &#8216;Twitter&#8217; with a short video showing off his physique and flexing his muscles, looking very fit for his upcoming fight (h\/t Chisanga Malata):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paulo Costa looks shreddy for UFC 278 \u2694\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JycSZnkyAc\">pic.twitter.com\/JycSZnkyAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chisanga Malata (@Chisanga_Malata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chisanga_Malata\/status\/1556351254594572291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Paulo Costa looks shreddy for UFC 278<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Will you be watching Costa vs Rockhold at UFC 278? Who do you think will take home the victory?<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Costa is looking lean and mean ahead of his middleweight return at UFC 278. It will be Paulo Costa (13-2 MMA) vs Luke Rockhold (16-5 MMA) in the middleweight co-main event on Saturday, August 20th at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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