Paulo Costa was booked to headline UFC Fort Lauderdale against Yoel Romero, but his subsequent removal from the April 27 card was never really explained.
Romero told ESPN a month ago that he had been informed that Costa was pulled from the card because a USADA drug test came back with a positive result. At the time, Costa and his manager Wallid Ismail denied ever using any banned substance, but declined to clarify the real reason why he was out of the fight.
A month later, “Borrachinha” told Brazilian website Combate that a stomach medication he used in 2017 forced him out of the UFC Fort Lauderdale main event.