Former champ anticipates Strickland wins by decision due to Costa's inactivity. Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who has previously faced both Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa ...

Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa are set to take on each other to get back in the win column and move closer to a title shot in the UFC. Former champion Israel Adesanya is in heavy favor of ...

While UFC president Dana White did not blame middleweight champion Israel Adesanya ... s UFC 248 bout between Adesanya and Yoel Romero, No. 2 ranked contender Paulo Costa found the champion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 and Paulo Costa will finally lock horns inside the octagon in the main event of UFC 253 for the undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship. As we buildup towards one of the most ...

The pay-per-view card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya faces Paulo Costa. Adesanya won the 185-pound title in October 2019 with a ...

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 ...

Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya will face off against Paulo "The Eraser" Costa in the main event of UFC 253. The fight will, presumably, result in the first loss for one of the fighters.

Israel Adesanya is well aware of Paulo Costa's shenanigans and in the lead-up to UFC 253, 'The Last Stylebender' will be bringing his "gang" to Abu Dhabi, just in case Costa tries to jump the ...

Israel Adesanya outclassed Paulo Costa en route to a second-round TKO on Saturday night, defending his middleweight championship belt in the main event at UFC 253 at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi ...