Paulo Costa to Kamaru Usman: "Fight Somebody Like Me"; Reflects on "Crazy" UFC 298 Head Kick

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Paulo Costa speaks to Submission Radio after UFC 298 and his loss to Robert Whittaker, reflecting on the crazy spinning head kick he landed, how much he's practiced that exact move in sparring, why he's yet to dial in his weight cut, wanting Kamaru Usman next, Khamzat Chimaev, and more!
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0:00 Intro
0:48 Looking back on the Robert Whittaker fight
1:52 Finally returning after all this time
3:14 The crazy spinning head kick
11:04 Why not move to light heavyweight
13:56 Kamaru Usman next
17:40 Never watching a Dricus fight, liking the change at 185
23:23 Messages from our friends
27:04 How he matches up against Usman
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*Go to* TryFum.com/SUBMISSIONRADIO *and use code SUBMISSIONRADIO to get a discount off your order today* www.manscaped.com/ *20% OFF DISCOUNT CODE: SUBMISSION* 0:00 Intro 0:48 Looking back on the Robert Whittaker fight 1:52 Finally returning after all this time 3:14 The crazy spinning head kick 11:04 Why not move to light heavyweight 13:56 Kamaru Usman next 17:40 Never watching a Dricus fight, liking the change at 185 23:23 Messages from our friends 27:04 How he matches up against Usman

[@Ar1AnX1x]

people act like the kicks came out of nowhere Costa always had really good kicks

[@user-wo7md2pn2r]

His kick looks so fast 👌

[@depthsofhell]

People should look at his vettori fight he also hit him with a headkick and beautiful body kicks

[@JulezX.X]

True, but if you watched embedded or followed his training regime leading up to the Whittaker fight, he was definitely trying to emphasize his kicking game and go for a head kick KO.

[@rwgoodfellow3515]

Costa and Rob definitely gave us fight of the night, amazing performance from both 👍

[@boblob3509]

how did they not get it dafuqqq

[@Temerio]

@@boblob3509 because WMMA

[@SkizVids]

Funnily enough Costa looked as good as he ever has even though he lost. That jab was lighting fast

[@TheConfusedTaco]

He just needed some more volume and I think he would have won the fight

[@NinjaDildoShow]

I have to admit, I was pissed at Paulo for a while, because I thought he just didn't want to fight, but his performance in the fight against Bobby, and this interview changed that. I'm still a fan, and am glad to see him back. I hope he stays active. I wish he would introduce Poatan to his English teacher!

[@Laygoz]

Hate this narrative that Paulo is a pull out merchant. The UFC would announce fights before he signed the contract. Some of these fights where he "pulled out" weren't scheduled in the first place. That's happened I believe 3x with him

[@NinjaDildoShow]

@@Laygoz I agree. The last one with the staph really pissed me off because of how close to the fight it was. That fight should've been cancelled long before. That probably wasn't his fault either.

[@dinbachok6424]

His fight vs vettori was one of the most annoying thing i have ever seen. Weight cut issue to acting innocent. Marvin was the victim and a real G for going through with it. Paulo was looking like a monster in term of size compare to vettori at 205.

[@intraterrestrial5035]

Paulo & Ortega on back to back weeks 🤯

[@MMAVoodoo]

​@@Laygoz 14 wins, 11 cancelled fights. No one even comes close. That's who he is.

[@sohambubka05]

I am the biggest Bobby Knuckles fan but Paulo is so much fun to watch, I wish both of them stay healthy and fight more often, absolute beasts.

[@natemarx4999]

Paulo is one of these guys where if he gets just 1 win, he is instantly in title talk considerations.

[@peterj223]

It was one of those fights where both Whitaker and Costa's stock went up. Those kicks from Costa looked great and amazing heart from Whitaker to shake off r1 and come back strong in r2 and r3.

[@rollin60z]

No. If he beat rob yeah but he needs 2

[@SatoshiShintoMe]

That’s middleweight for you..

[@jordanfortier3246]

I mean it’s true he got to fight rob after barley beating retired rockhold

[@somdutroy]

I genuinely don't care about him being in the title conversation. I just like to see him more active and have crazy exciting matchups. Him vs Usman or him vs Jared would be great to watch. If he gets the title fight somehow, that is a bonus.

[@robthevampireslayer3211]

Paulo's english has improved so much.

[@SanyamJain1989]

Good to see Borrachinha on the channel! Superb fighter, always great to watch compete! 🤘🤘

[@lurk7411]

I have had the pleasure of watching Paulo fight Romero and Whittaker in the Honda Center!🔥 Paulo always brings it in the Octogon👊 Nothing but respect🤙🙏

[@cameronprice586]

BLF! Great fight against Whittaker, Paulo has never had a boring fight

[@thedeep2202]

7:48 Costa was trying to say the word ‘Sneaky’ and you guys couldn’t catch onto that

[@chaboi7]

I thought I was the only one that found that weird lol

[@BoksonStrasni]

That was painfull

[@RtotheA]

Secret Juice 😁... Let's goooooo, Submission Radio on point and keep setting the MMA standards high... 👊💯

[@10pmmemes88]

Costa has never been in a boring fight. He's a savage. If only he was more active...

[@TheHunt708]

He's got some momentum behind him now after a good performance despite the loss so he must keep active now and be back at UFC 301 he can't go back to fighting once a year

[@nme_mma]

Yes! He needs to be on 301 🇧🇷

[@Ar1AnX1x]

strong and jacket

[@mattm8098]

Paulo talking about feeling like a weight bully and then right after says Kamaru next makes sense

[@user-wo7md2pn2r]

Kamaru the weight bully 💪😤 usman The biggest WW ever 😂😂 He looks bigger than gourmet chechen

[@Temerio]

@@user-wo7md2pn2r not if you look at their fight, Usman is a massive welterweight but gourmet chen chen was bigger

[@user-wo7md2pn2r]

@@Temerio Nah khamzat is taller but usman is massive 👌

[@taoini5777]

Such a friendly BEAST

[@Jameslfgsmith]

I think Paulo and Izzy should run it back… Neither deserving of title fight but would sell a good fight.

[@none_the_less]

It’s ok to have feelings. Paulo got dominated and violated, he himself doesn’t want to run it back otherwise he would have called Izzy.

[@shafqatishan437]

​@@none_the_less Paulo was drunk tho

[@none_the_less]

@@shafqatishan437 He is a professional fighter who chose to go to a title fight drunk, and potentially cost him millions of dollars and other accolades. What does that tell you about the man?

[@KrunoslavStifter]

Paulo Costa V Kamaru Usman. Sounds like chemical warfare.

[@IsenathiDyantyi]

I didn't know Paulo.Costa is that good wow Man😶‍🌫️🔥

[@mrmiyagi7388]

I dont wanna see Usman get slept by Costa, I wanna see Costa fight Khamzat

[@hdewijkagent6977]

One of my favorite fighters always brings it

[@iviive8534]

Love this guy. Real warrior

[@user-wo7md2pn2r]

Can't wait fo your next fight

[@The_RealDon]

Thank you Costa for such exciting fights. You have only been facing top dogs and you bring it every time. You are definitely going to be in the Hall Of Fame!

[@Gualtier_Malde]

The people pay pay per view, the people pay to see this

[@Ar1AnX1x]

that entrance music was a great choice f

[@El-gordo_]

Can’t wait to see paulos next fight in 3 years 🙏

[@alcottdevalte7440]

This kid always giving us exciting fights and fireworks. The Van Damme kicks were poetry. Still weird that Usman isn't fighting at UFC 300 or the Strickland rematch, not as of now anyway.

[@CinematicTendency]

Van Damme 💯

[@yasin_ucar]

he 34 yo wtf u mean kid

[@keegswl5119]

Hes probably observing ramadan like all the other muslim fighters

[@Kennyisamalekaren]

Paulo and usman is a fight I never thought I’d wanna see. But here we are

[@meeee214]

I was literally thinking him vs Costa would be great

[@parasstone8414]

Paulo Costa vs Kamzhat would be awesome fight too

[@amirashraf3079]

Good fighter good guy

[@roypendleton6780]

I really like Paulo. He fights hard. He’s always in shape. Goes to war. Love see him fight Brendan allen

[@CommanderOfLight]

The word Paulo was looking for was unpredictable

[@taoini5777]

i thought 'question mark kick'

[@rbruv890]

He was trying to say he wants to throw sneaky kicks or kicks with no telegraph. Hidden. He feels he hasnt shown his true greatness in the cage yet maybe hes holding back and working on understanding why and it wont be hard to figure out and fix.

[@tonywasin]

He has always been solid up us Aussies

[@travisleonhart3371]

This guy has definitely gotten faster after seeing him fight Whitaker and not just get smashed like so many shows he is definitely a top 5 at least

[@jordanfortier3246]

Also a loss to Rob doesn’t hurt his stalk that bad because rob was comming off a loss to the Current champ and Rob is way at the top of the division so he’s still top 10

[@hgntv5704]

Sweep the leg costa .. sweep the leg!!!!

[@Reznor440]

I'd like to see Paulo at Light Heavy against Khalil Rountree

[@BamOn742]

That would be a cracker fire fight man

[@SDigga]

this fight with rob reminded me of the Vettori fight, Paulo landed the better strikes and landed a lot but the judges see the "significant strikes" as anything that rob or Marvin landed lol I dont get it

[@sidfuel]

hope costa get a few wins in the future.

[@closinginonclosure]

0:18 Why does it sound like you're saying "Paulo A-Costa"? Lol

[@ronnyperez8474]

Paulo with the Jeremy Stephen’s mustage

[@grantt4437]

He said sneaky kick guys

[@levistern3316]

I like the mustache Mr Borrachina

[@JulezX.X]

Imagine the guy walking out to Clubbed To Death and then finishing the fight with a spinning heel kick, would've been amazing 👏🏽

[@TravelGuide20]

Howdie boys

[@p0werl0ve]

Costa showed great improvement in his skill set. Excited to see him next time, hopefully against Khamzat or much better against Sean "Baboon" Strickland.

[@closinginonclosure]

7:28 He's saying "sneaky kick" that people don't see

[@CinematicTendency]

The Matrix soundtrack is lit! 🔥

[@NwadeiMMA.]

What he landed was a Spinning Crescent Kick🥋 Breakdown coming soon‼️ @NwadeiMMA.

[@Jon--Jones]

I ran out of secret juice last night paulo can I buy some more from you please?

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

' SNEAKY ' Kick !!!!!!

[@Ar1AnX1x]

Usman vs Costa for the most strong and jacket belt, these dudes are blowing up the lab

[@DrQualleFickmann]

He needs to stay active. He should fight Imavov or Usman next.

[@anthonylopez9594]

Costa would actually be a smaller light heavy weight. He looked much slimmer in his fight with Rob. Imagine him standing next to Johnny Walker or Anthony Smith. He is definitely smaller than those guys. He is in like a half way point between 185 and 205. 185 is little light for him but 205 is way too big for him. He also probably likes the size advantage in his fights.

[@mustseenow991]

Costas camera is dizzying

[@nme_mma]

Costas always had kicks

[@anthonylopez9594]

He proved he is still a top 5 fighter even though he lost. Rob is a definitely right behind Duplessis and Adesanya and Costa nearly finished him. Rob legit was saved by the bell.

[@jamesgray89]

Paulo is in a good mental place, glad Rob won, but Paulo showed up. Him against khamzat or Strickland.

[@unsub6737]

What's happened to the sport? There's 15 active & ranked MW then some, yet he calls out an old & post prime WW whose future & direction in the sport is uncertain. Dissapointing.

[@NikulPrasad]

Costa looked really good, I honestly expected Whittaker to beat him up worse, he did a fair amount of damage on Whittaker. That being said, no excuses.

[@NoSc0pe78yearsago]

Usman def has some good potential at middleweight compared to weatherweight

[@SDigga]

paulo threw the same wheel kick against Marvin Vettori and Luke Rockhold, its not some new thing he's added to his toolbox

[@agi2160]

Looking forward to Ricky Martin's next fight in 16 months. Let's fckn go!!!

[@neeeooorrmm3781]

How did they not manage to understand anything he was saying @ 7:54 they must not understand fighting, he’s saying he is learning to throw kicks that people can’t see coming so they catch them slipping, same as the one rob he caught rob with. A little bit of talking along with him would’ve helped rather than leaving them on an island

[@mrspiff6955]

He was looking for the word “sneaky”. Paulo is a very intelligent man. He’s learned English very quickly.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

his brazilian sounds like an alien language

[@jayn6943]

His nationality sounds like an alien language???

[@Jimquivious]

If Costa vs Whittaker ended up a draw I don’t think anyone could’ve argued!

[@rajkhan9643]

16:41 Costa has the audacity to say Khamzat doesn't want to fight him and only wants easy fights 😂 when he literally signed to fight Costa but Costa pulled out. Wtf

[@fearhand12]

Costa had surgery

[@jayn6943]

He isn't wrong Khamzat has said multiple times that he didn't want to fight Costa. Which is why it took the UFC almost a year to get him to sign it. UFC'S M.D pulled Costa out of the fight because he had two emergency surgeries and nearly lost his arm. I would say that Costa is right given the fact that Khamzat refused to resign the contract and UFC had to book Rob vs Costa

[@rajkhan9643]

@jayn6943 neither Costa nor Khamzat are scared to fight each other. Both signed the dotted line and Costa had to pull out due to injury. But knowing that, it's just so stupid for Costa to try to claim that Khamzat ducked him, even for trolling purposes it makes zero sense. Khamzat can at least troll Costa that Costa was scared and cite that it was he who pulled out, but this is Costa claiming Khamzat was scared and blind fanboys like you are eating it up 🙄

[@rajkhan9643]

@fearhand12 so Costa pulling out due to needing a surgery means that Khamzat was scared to fight him? That's some insane logic wtf

[@hakwak7728]

Am I delusional ? Didnt Costa back out of the Chimaev fight ? How is he ducking Costa lol. 2nd he critiqued Chimaev for fighting a welterweight in Usman. Now he’s calling him out lol

[@tommyq374]

Costa has not had a relevant win since Romero 5 years ago... Not to mention yoel looked less gassed in the 3rd than Costa so in a 5 rounder who knows if Costa would have even won that fight, dude needs to get a win at the top, losing to Marvin is a great look as Marvin is very much mid tier middleweight, mostly had success just due to his granite chin not giving up on him (Marvin)

[@njdrummer7120]

Costa always looks like he hurts everyone w his power. Never forget the Johnny Hendricks fight I was like oh shit JH looks like he is taking a beating from a bully. I was definitely disappointed w the Issy fight. All that talk and he had nothing for Issy.

[@colmthedude1977]

Denis looking healthy after being drunk af like Jim Leahy a few weeks back. xD

[@TylerWaite-tk8bu]

Imagine if he took it to 100 percent effort I think we have only seen this dude at 60 percent!

[@TylerWaite-tk8bu]

Commented before watching video lol

[@hodtoyt3964]

Why has Costa vs Cannonier never happened :(

[@forrestrooney7821]

I think the words Paulo was reaching for were question mark kick?

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

Sneaky !!!

[@jaydensingh6827]

Fight southpaw against Whittaker for a free. How could you and Vettori not know? Dricus knew.

[@hermeticserpent8045]

"So what do you think of Dricus?" Costa: Literally who? hahaha. Laughing my ass off man.

[@popsongromance]

he wants the oldest unranked fighters in the division.

[@jonjonescellmate4955]

I hope Paulo stops improving his English. He is so funny 😂

[@ngz1123]

The segue into the ads makes me groan every time. I can't listen to these interviews without thinking that any sentence after the first 10 minutes might lead to an ad read. Just say "a message from our sponsor"

[@PandemoniumPirateRadio]

Costa has the skills, it just feels like he doesn't have the fight IQ to use his skills. He should have smoked Whittaker honestly. Whittaker has spent the years since the Adesanya fight to try to increase his intelligence in fighting. Ironically Strickland, who people think is an idiot, has pretty high fight IQ not because he sets things up, but from the way he trains. He TRAINS in a way that forces him to have high adaptibility and to have a relaxed but constant defense. Whereas Adesanyas style is very "active", it requires him to be focused for every minute because it is ALL about set ups. Costa has both size, power, technique etc. But his style of mindset and gameplans are just not good. There's no real set ups. He's just fighting at his pace, seemingly without a plan, and just testing random openings. Kind of just trying to find the timing to land a technique but that's it. He has a very superficial use of his skills unfortunately. Adding techniques is not the same as knowing how to create the openings for them and how to break down the opponents game. Jones for instance is the opposite, he has ok technique, but his fight IQ is ALL about seeing openings and vulnerabilities. While someone like Adesanya is too stuck in his "style", he is ONLY looking for the openings that his techniques can set up. But he doesn't look for ALL openings! Because he doesn't ADAPT and create new techniques or is able to target NEW vulnerabilities really.

[@fearhand12]

The biggest hole in Costa's game is that there's no takedown threat. He is an elite level grappler with black belt BJJ but he NEVER shoots. So strikers can relax completely.

[@AnthonyPiccirillo]

Sneaky kick is what he said

[@ArunaVidu]

He could have won that fight if he had little bit of fight IQ. His kicks to the head were so good, if he had mixed thoses with liver kicks he may have won. Asking Rob to stay in the middle and trade punches was a desperate move. Shows he has nothing to beat Rob.

[@IMWATCHING501]

No way they feed Usman to Paulo.

[@Sunshineonmytoes]

Usman can retire after that 😢

[@healthwithmarcus]

I am on a campaign for these 2 dudes not to fight. They both are interesting and need to fight some other two people. That may not make sense.... but I'm telling you... it'd be more interesting to see Usman and Costa fight "no-names" on the same card than fight each other.

[@sonofman8434]

If he moved up, he would be a smaller lh giving up size and reach to most of the top contenders

[@jayn6943]

That's the case with 99 % of the fighters. What's your point?

[@SDigga]

30-27 rob was gross lol in my opinion Paulo won 29-28

[@faisalalmutairii]

paulo won the rob fight. he can still win the title

[@mutondukalota6098]

I think he would have won if he had not reduced output in round 2

[@zb3485]

he looked good imo - a lot less dynamic than whitaker, but still a performance he can be proud of

[@dude78629]

COSTA AND HENRY BOTH LOST 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

' Hesilient Hobbit ' ...

[@SatoshiShintoMe]

Weight bully Costa.

[@rwgoodfellow3515]

Atleast he made weight for this one😂

[@rosepainting8775]

So is Khamzat, so is Khabib, so is Islam

[@GENERALFT10]

pretty wild how good his english has gotten over the years

[@cnaz2652]

Buddy needs to move up a weight class. He cuts too much. He can’t say he wants to bring his training shape into a fight when he’s cutting 40lbs

[@Shadow_.78]

Ice is to slow.