Israel Adesanya is instead delighted by Paulo Costa’s latest excuse for losses on UFC 253.
Costa (13-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who shortlisted for the middleweight title of Adhenya (20-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in September after losing the second round to Tiko, recently said in a YouTube video Who drank wine the night before setting foot in the octagon to help him sleep.
The decision eventually backfired, Costa said, as he went into a “hangover” fight and claims he struggles with a lack of both drinking and proper sleep. Adesanya found that quite ridiculous, he told MMA Junkie on Monday.
“It’s just funny,” Adesanya told MMA Junkie. “There are some things I’ve done before my fights in the past where I learned my mistakes, but I went inside and finished my work. Some people don’t make cuts for that lifestyle. “
For his part, Adesanya says he was somewhat confused as to why Costa would come out after more than five months of fighting and now he would make a statement.
Costa, after UFC 253, has pushed hard for the match again. The Brazilian said he would “kill” him if he ran back and was not happy with how the fight would wrap up the result on his face.
Adesanya said the attitude is not conducive to Costa’s career. “The Eraser” is currently registered to fight Robert Whitker in the main event of the UFC Fight Night on April 17, and the win could propel him immediately into the conversation for a second title shot.
If he wants the second fight to be something different, however, Adesanya said Costa needs to improve himself mentally and physically.
“I’ll tell you one thing: the best thing to do in his situation is that he will accept the lost fact,” Aadeshnya said. “He kicked her ass. The fact that he’s trying to make all these excuses, he’s only going to make it worse in the long run. He is making excuses because his ego can’t handle the fact that the ‘skinny clone’ hit his ass badly and then hit him twice.
“Just swallow your ego. You kicked your ass. Return to the drawing board and re-evaluate your entire game. You just can’t rest on it because if you do – this is my advice – you will never come into life, or into this sport. “
It remains to be seen whether we will get a match again in the future. For now, though, Adesanya’s focus is on something bigger than Costa.
“The Last Stylebender” will try to add a light heavyweight title to its resume with a middleweight belt while challenging Jan Blachowiz (27-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) in the main event of UFC 259 on Saturday. Initial prelims on UFC Apex and ESPN in Las Vegas and preliminary prelims on ESPN + are broadcast on pay-per-view.
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