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Dana White calls Costa a ‘nightmare’ to deal with, but won’t punish him for weight debacle

UFC Vegas 41 went down last night with Marvin Vettori beating Paulo Costa in a light heavyweight bout. The fight was supposed to be at middleweight; the division that saw both men recently challenge for the title. However, due to Costa’s inability to make weight the fight was initially changed to a catchweight bout before being moved all the way up to 205 lbs.

Costa forfeited part of his purse to Vettori during negotiations to keep the fight alive. Now the fight is over, UFC President Dana White has claimed that Costa is done competing in the middleweight division.