Israel Adesanya humiliates Paulo Costa with Tko to retain the UFC middleweight championship
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Israel Adesanya, Nigeria’s Mixed Martial Artist silence Paulo Costa on Saturday night in a dominant defense of his middleweight title, winning by TKO in the second round in the main event of UFC 253.
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Adesanya battered Costa’s front leg with kicks to quiet the Brazilian fighter’s trash-talking in the early going, and by the start of Round 2, Costa had bruises up and down his lower half.
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Adesanya opened up Costa’s face with a high kick at the start of the second round and then finished off his challenger with a left counter-punch to the dome. Costa stumbled backward and could not recover.
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