Paulo Costa and Uriah Hall have scored some impressive knockouts so far in their mixed martial arts careers, but “Borrachinha” expects Hall to fear his punches and kicks when they meet in the Octagon at UFC 226.
The middleweights were initially booked to fight at UFC Atlantic City in April, but a biceps injury forced Costa to stay sidelined for five weeks. Hall decided to wait until the Brazilian recovered, and they will finally compete against each other Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Costa, unbeaten in 11 professional fights, stopped Garreth McLellan, Oluwale Bamgbose and Johnny Hendricks in his three appearances under the UFC banner in 2017, and agrees that Hall is the biggest opponent so far in his career.