When their UFC 230 bout got scrapped, Yoel Romero stated that Paulo Costa failed a USADA test, only to immediately reel those comments back. The fast rising middleweight fighter wasn’t happy with those statements, saying that spreading those PED rumors just made their potential bout much more personal.
“It’s not true. Romero is a bad guy. He put this in the air,” Costa said on ESPN (transcribed by MMA Mania). “It’s not true. I never used steroids in my life. I never used anything to shift the game.
”Yes, of course (it’s more personal now),” he said.