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Monster Energy’s Paulo Costa Defeats Luke Rockhold at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City and Earns $50,000 Fight of the Night Bonus
“This power got here via from this viewers, and it was wonderful. The final time I fought in entrance of individuals was in 2019 with Romero. That combat was a battle, and this was, as nicely.” – Paulo Costa
SALT LAKE CITY (PRWEB)
August 21, 2022
The Eraser is again! Monster Energy congratulates Paulo “The Eraser” Costa on defeating Luke Rockhold at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In Saturday night time’s co-main occasion combat within the middleweight division, the 31-year-old from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, dominated the previous middleweight champion for 3 rounds to earn a unanimous determination victory.
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 was contested in entrance of a high-energy crowd of greater than 17,000 spectators contained in the sold-out Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Prelims had been broadcast stay on ESPN+ and the principle card aired on ESPN pay-per-view.
Monster Energy’s Costa (14-2) got here to Utah seeking to get again within the winner’s bracket after two consecutive losses in opposition to middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori. Costa’s opponent at UFC 278 was former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold (16-6) from Santa Cruz, California. At age 37, Rockhold needed to make a comeback after final stepping within the Octagon in July 2019 when he misplaced to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239.
When the bell rang at UFC 278, Monster Energy’s Costa proceeded to erase Rockhold’s comeback goals. From the beginning, the black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu matched his opponent’s stress and landed exact pictures that chipped away at Rockhold’s stamina. In Round 1, Costa countered a takedown try with a heavy left and a flurry of heavy punches within the clinch. Costa additionally rocked his opponent with a left uppercut and scored a profitable takedown of his personal earlier than the bell.
When the combat moved into Round 2, Rockhold already battled a bloody nostril and visual exhaustion. Costa continued to land heavy strikes and physique kicks from a distance, additional carrying out his opponent’s fuel tank. Round 3 noticed Costa join a physique kick and two left hooks, whereas each fighters tried to land knockout punches to finish the battle as soon as and for all.
When all was stated and carried out, the combat went the complete distance with Costa doing probably the most harm and touchdown probably the most important pictures. After three hard-hitting rounds, Costa was lined in Rockhold’s blood because the judges named him the winner by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). The epic 15-minute battle additionally earned the UFC’s Fight of the Night Bonus.
“This power got here via from this viewers, and it was wonderful. The final time I fought in entrance of individuals was in 2019 with Romero. That combat was a battle, and this was, as nicely,” stated Monster Energy’s Costa upon successful the co-main occasion at UFC 278.
Saturday night time’s victory at UFC 278 marks Costa’s first win since defeating Yoel Romero in 2019. Costa made his UFC debut in March 2017 and has earned a number of Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night bonuses all through his profession. Now again within the winner’s column, Costa is poised to face a top-five middleweight contender in his subsequent bout. Stay tuned!
Paulo “The Eraser” Costa counts amongst Monster Energy’s elite UFC athletes together with Kamaru Usman, Jon “Bones” Jones, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal, Chris “The All American” Weidman, Rose Namajunas, Tony Ferguson, Marlon Vera, Maycee “The Future” Barber, Stipe “Stone Cold” Miocic, Michael Chandler, Justin Gaethje, Jessica-Rose Clark, Valentina Shevchenko, Sean “Suga” O’Malley, Brandon Moreno, and Giga “Ninja” Chikadze.
For extra on Monster Energy’s MMA athletes go to http://www.monsterenergy.com. Follow Monster Energy on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
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