Former middleweight title challenger, Paulo Costa has staked his claim for a clash with unbeaten UFC star, Bo Nickal next — using a racial slur on his official X account to chase a fight with the wrestling starlet.
Costa, who has been sidelined from acton since last summer, most recently co-headlined UFC 302 last June, suffering a split decision loss to Sean Strickland in the pair’s title eliminator in New Jersey.
And retaining the number eleven rank at the middleweight limit in the time since, Belo Horizonte native, Costa had initially welcomed the chance to take on recent main event victor, Jared Cannonier next, but has claimed the former title chaser is suffering with injuries since his knockout over Gregory Rodrigues this month.