Paulo Costa believes he would be the first blended martial artist to financial institution a billion {dollars}.
Earlier this week, ‘The Eraser’ revealed that he can be staying with the UFC after coming to phrases with the promotion on a four-fight deal reportedly price $1 million per battle. The deal comes months faraway from a really public spat between Paulo Costa and UFC president Dana White concerning the unfavorable phrases of his earlier contract. All indicators pointed towards the 2 events going their separate methods after White referred to Costa as a “f*cking lunatic” whereas addressing the dispute between the 2.
Happily, cooler heads prevailed. The 2 events had been capable of come to phrases on a deal that may preserve the middleweight standup underneath the UFC banner for the foreseeable future whereas making him a really rich man within the course of. Banking “greater than one million {dollars} per battle” based on his girlfriend and supervisor Tamara Alves, Costa is now setting a brand new monetary objective for himself.
“This MTFK gonna be the primary to make 1 Billion {dollars} in MMA . #SecretJuice mark my phrases mtfkrs,” Costa tweeted.
Paulo Costa Focusing on Two Large Names For His UFC Return
Instantly after saying that he would stay with the UFC, Paulo Costa referred to as out two of the division’s greatest stars: Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev. ‘The Eraser’ hopes to battle each of them earlier than the 12 months is up, however no official announcement had been made by the promotion as to what will probably be subsequent for Costa now that his contract dispute has been amicably resolved.
Costa is 3-2 in his final 5 outings, the losses coming in opposition to the then-middleweight champion and perennial contender Marvin Vettori. His final look got here in August at UFC 278 in opposition to the returning former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight titleholder Luke Rockhold. Costa scored a unanimous choice victory within the weird, albeit entertaining contest.
