UFC middleweight contender and one-time title challenger, Paulo Costa has revealed he has been approached with three provides to make his Octagon comeback after agreeing phrases on a brand new contract, following hyperlinks with an October combat in opposition to the undefeated, Khamzat Chimaev.
Costa, the present #5 ranked middleweight contender, has been sidelined from lively competitors since August of final yr, that includes in a most important card outing in opposition to former undisputed division champion, Luke Rockhold.
Snapping a two-fight shedding skid in opposition to former champion, Israel Adesanya and fellow former title challenger, Marvin Vettori, Belo Horizonte native, Paulo Costa defeated Rockhold with a unanimous resolution effort – sending the Californian into retirement subsequently.
Confirming just lately how he had agreed phrases on a reportedly profitable four-fight take care of the Dana White-led group, Costa’s supervisor, Tamara Alves claimed that the Brazilian would earn in extra of $1,000,000 per combat.
And the outspoken fan-favorite then proclaimed that he would turn into the primary blended martial arts fighter in historical past to earn $1,000,000,000 over the course of his skilled profession.
Seeing a February combat in opposition to former undisputed middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker fall to the wayside previous to the UFC 284 pay-per-view occasion, Costa revealed the UFC had provided him a Might return in opposition to Sean Strickland following contract talks.
Paulo Costa expressed curiosity in preventing Khamzat Chimaev this yr
Moreover, the top-5 contender claimed the UFC have been chomping on the bit for a combat between him and the undefeated welterweight contender, Chimaev, who has been linked with a return at UFC 294 in October in Abu Dhabi, UAE – on ‘Struggle Island’.
While failing to shed complete mild on his comeback to the group, Costa revealed on his official social media how he has been approached with three combat provides from the UFC.
“I’ve 3 provides in (sic) tables proper now,” Paulo Costa tweeted.
Previous to his second spherical TKO loss to the above-mentioned, Adesanya of their 2020 title combat, Costa had turned in consecutive victories over the likes of Yoel Romero, Uriah Corridor, and former undisputed welterweight titleholder, Johny Hendricks.
