No. 2 ranked contender Paulo Costa found the champion very much at fault. “Horrible fight,” Costa said after UFC 248 (via MMA Junkie). “I was ashamed to watch that fight. Adesanya is nothing.

Because I just watched Israel Adesanya dismantle a far bigger, substantially stronger and considerably more lantern-jawed opponent in Paulo Costa in the main event of Saturday's UFC 253.

Israel Adesanya once again proved his dominance in the middleweight division with a second-round TKO win over Paulo Costa in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday. The champion was in the driver's ...

When White announced Adesanya’s second title defense would come against the hard-charging Paulo Costa, White seemed almost giddy with excitement. He proclaimed Costa would make Adesanya fight ...

Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa spent months trading verbal shots, but when it came time to step into the Octagon at UFC 253, the only meaningful blows that landed were those of middleweight champion.

Paulo Costa demanded a rematch with Israel Adesanya on Monday – two days after he lost by technical knockout in the second round at UFC 253 in a UFC Middleweight Championship fight. After ...

I hadn’t slept until 2:30," Costa said, via MMA Fighting ... He was 13-0 overall coming into the fight against Adesanya. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name ...

FIGHT ISLAND — Paulo Costa is "already dead" and so the UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya should move on to a super-fight with Jon Jones, who would be the perfect foil, former UFC ...

Israel Adesanya took his UFC 253 celebration(s) a step too far after putting on a clinic against previously unbeaten Paulo Costa in their much-anticipated pay-per-view main event on Saturday in ...

Paulo Costa earned the biggest win of his ... "I think Whittaker will beat Adesanya," Costa said at his post-fight press conference. "But I beat Romero, and for me, Romero beat Robert Whittaker.