A middleweight matchup involving Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa will happen at UFC 241, which can be set for August 17 in Honda Centre at Anaheim, California. With the most important event for this particular card seeing Daniel Cormier attempt to shield the UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at a rematch, Romero vs. Costa is scheduled for only three rounds. Remember, this was assumed to be the main event of April’s UFC on ESPN 3 card before both men fell off the card along with the headliner eventually became Ronaldo”Jacare” Souza against Jack Hermansson. Now, after weeks of trash talking each other in interviews and on social networking, we will eventually see Romero and Costa throw down this summer.
Ariel Helwani of ESPN broke the news.
Romero (13-3) has not fought as a decision loss to UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker last summer at UFC 225. Although Romero has lost two of his last 3 trips to Whittaker, he combined in a brutal KO win over Luke Rockhold in-between the Whittaker battles that demonstrated that even at age 42 he’s still one of the top middleweights in the world. After starting his MMA career at 4-1, Romero has since gone 9-2 in the UFC alone with wins over the likes of the above Rockhold and Souza, and of course Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Brad Tavares, along with Derek Brunson. He comes from an elite wrestling background, and it has developed into one of the most devastating knockout artists that the UFC has ever seen, making him a special talent. Romero has appeared amazing since joining the Octagon in 2013, and is presently a top-five middleweight in MMA.
Costa (12-0) has completed all 12 of his pro MMA victories and has a perfect 4-0 record in the UFC that includes knockout wins over Uriah Hall, Johnny Hendricks, Oluwale Bamgbose and Garreth McLellan. He’s got the special knockout capacity to cooperate with the look of a superstar that makes him a special talent in this sport. Costa was involved in some controversies recently involving USADA and the athletic commissions, but after all of that has been he’s been cleared to struggle. He is among the very best prospects in the middleweight division, and when he could defeat Romero in this struggle he could jump into the title mix at 185lbs.
Though Costa has the potential to be an elite middleweight, until he can proves he does this Romero should be favored to win this fight. While he is one of the oldest fighters in the UFC middleweight division. Romero is still among the most dominant and recognized fighters in the branch. Costa is a tremendous talent but still needs that one key marquee triumph before we can go and say he can beat a man like Romero. The winner of the fight, no matter who it is, should be in the mix for the name at 185lbs.
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