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Paulo Costa turned down six-fight extension with UFC, ‘looking forward to being a free agent’

Related Topics: Paulo Borrachinha, UFC, Ariel Helwani

It doesn’t look like Paulo Costa will be re-signing with the UFC unless he gets a better deal.

The one-time UFC middleweight title challenger and MMA veteran revealed during a recent interview with Ariel Helwani that he has just one fight left on his current contract and that he looks forward to being a free agent after his next fight.

“I have one more, I didn’t know, I thought this was the last one but I have one more. I’m looking forward to being a free agent for sure, I will not lie to you. I’d (thought) this was the last one of this contract,” Costa said on The MMA Hour (h/t BJPenn.