UFC president Dana White mentioned that Crew Paulo Costa has been “terrorizing” him to e-book a matchup towards Robert Whittaker.
Whittaker and Costa are the No. 1 and No. 2 contenders, respectively, within the UFC middleweight division, behind solely champion Israel Adesanya. With the champ moving up to 205lbs for his next fight, it’s put the 185lbs division in a little bit of a difficult scenario transferring ahead. There’s no assure Adesanya will even return to the load class ought to he defeat Jan Blachowicz for the sunshine heavyweight belt at UFC 259, so the remainder of the highest contenders are basically caught in limbo in the meanwhile.
White recently said that Whittaker wouldn’t be fighting for a belt in his next fight, so at this level, the previous champion will seemingly search for one other opponent in addition to Adesanya. Simply trying on the rankings, Costa makes good sense as his subsequent struggle, particularly since each males are on an analogous timeline. Costa’s supervisor Wallid Ismail mentioned not way back that the UFC was near reserving Costa vs. Whittaker, and for an interim title besides, but so far that appears to just be what Team Costa desired.
Chatting with TheMacLife, White mentioned that there’s no information on a possible Costa vs. Whittaker struggle, although he admitted he likes the struggle himself. The UFC president additionally famous that Ismail and Costa are “terrorizing” him for the matchup.
“Effectively, I can inform you Paulo Costa and his group are terrorizing us to make that struggle. I’d make that struggle although. Yeah, I’d make that struggle,” White mentioned, including that if the UFC does e-book Costa vs. Whittaker it gained’t be for an interim belt.
“No,” White bluntly mentioned with regard to an interim belt being on the road.
At this level, it simply seems to be like a matter of time earlier than this struggle will get formally booked, although each fighters could also be disenchanted to know {that a} title gained’t be on the road.
Do you suppose Crew Paulo Costa will get their want and land the struggle towards Robert Whittaker?
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