Paulo Costa Claims He Accepted UFC Qatar Fight With Shara Magomedov

10 months ago

Paulo Costa Claims He Accepted UFC Qatar Fight With Shara Magomedov

Costa, who beat Kopylov at UFC 318, wrote: “Was offered Shara Bullet in [Qatar]…looks fun, I said yes.” Once booked vs. Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294, he still wants that fight, saying: “The cupcake boring ba**s sniffer.” The Nov. 22 Doha bout isn’t official, but Costa teased it’ll be “the second Russian in a row to be beaten” and taunted Shara’s one eye: “Keep your eye(s) open.”

By Adarsh Ojha

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