UFC 253 Preview: Paulo Costa’s Historical Closing Odds

The UFC returns to Fight Island in Abu Dhabi for Saturday’s UFC 253 pay-per-view card. The event features two title fights at the top of the card.

The headlining bout sees UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya put his belt along with his perfect 19-0 record against the also undefeated Paulo Costa, who has a career record of 13-0. Adesanya won the 185-pound title in October 2019 with a knockout win over Robert Whittaker. Adesanya’s first defense of the title came in March of this year when he defeated Yoel Romero in a bout that UFC president Dana White was not happy with because of its lack of action. Adesanya won that contest via decision.

In every interview he has given about UFC 253, White has promised that Costa will force Adesanya to engage and that this will be a “fight of the year” candidate.

Costa made his UFC debut in 2017. He was 8-0 at the time and coming off a successful defense of the Jungle Fight Middleweight title. Costa knocked out Garreth McLellan in 77 seconds in that contest and won the first of three UFC fight night bonuses for his effort.

Costa followed that win with second round knockout victories over Oluwale Bamgbose, former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks and Uriah Hall. In his most recent bout, Costa went the three round distance with Yoel Romero.

UFC 253 takes place in Abu Dhabi. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN+ and ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass.

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