UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa went to great lengths to sell the fans on what his fight with Israel Adesanya will look like, but the champ couldn’t care less.
A video featuring a Costa’s training partner, Vanderlei “Toquinho” Goncalves, as a cowardly stand-in only proved to Adesanya that he’s getting in the challenger’s head.
“It doesn’t really bother me,” Adesanya said on Thursday during a virtual media day in support of the middleweight title fight, which headlines UFC 253 on Sept. 26 in Abu Dhabi. “He can make any kind of tapes that he wants to make.