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Israel Adesanya on Paulo Costa: ‘He can cry all he wants’, I’m not even focused on him at the moment

Surging UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa has made repeated attempts to get under Israel Adesanya’s skin, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

Adesanya who, like Costa is undefeated, is currently focused on his upcoming title unification bout with Robert Whittaker at UFC 243, and ‘The Last Stylebender’ refuses to allow ‘Borrachinha’ to infiltrate his mind and distract him ahead of the biggest fight of his professional career.

“Nothing gets in,” Adesanya told MMA Fighting on Wednesday during the UFC 243 media conference call. “I’m not even focused on him at the moment.