Another day, another steroid allegation for Paulo Costa. The hulking UFC middleweight is no stranger to these sorts of questions about himself, considering his size and success. He says he has faced this ever since he got to the UFC. But strangely, the person that got him to speak out about it was a surfer - a surfing legend in fact - Kelly Slater.
On a UFC Instagram post about Costas’ UFC 226 win over Uriah Hall, Slater decided to pipe up and accuse Costa of using steroids (screen grab via MMA Fighting):
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”Didn’t Cung Le get caught because he looked suspect in a photo after a fight?