Israel Adesanya Breaks Silence on Arch-Rival Paulo Costa’s Alleged Nurse Hitting Controversy, Demands to “Free Paulo Costa”

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya broke his silence on accusations being hurled against his arch-rival and former middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa.

After a lot of back and forth between the middleweight UFC superstars, Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa fought each other at UFC 253. The Brazilian projected himself as one of the most dangerous opponents ‘Stylebender’ was going to fight. However, the reigning champion made sure to send a message to his entire division by making quick work of Costa.

After UFC 253, Adesanya aimed for the light heavyweight strap, which went horribly and accounted for his sole MMA loss. Costa, on the other side, has only fought once since the Adesanya fight and has lost that too.

Now, as the Brazilian was preparing for his next fight against former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, he has landed himself in a pool of trouble. Just a few days ago, news came out that Costa was questioned by authorities for ‘striking’ a nurse.

However, the Brazilian has outrightly dismissed all the accusations and demanded an apology from the nurse. “A false accusation of physical aggression was leveled against me and I will show for you guys the facts, the proofs and you guys will know what I’m talking about. I’m being accused of elbowing a women who is supposed to be a nurse on her face,” Costa said.

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He even showed visuals of the nurse and explained that her face would have been in a different condition if he, a professional mixed martial artist, had actually hit her. “I’m a professional MMA artist and you can imagine the damage my elbow may cause on an unprotected woman’s face?”

Israel Adesanya reacts to Paulo Costa’s clarification

Reacting to ‘Borrachinha’s clarification, Israel Adesanya demanded to free Costa with a hashtag dedicated to his former opponent.

Adesanya wrote, “#FreePauloCosta”

Paulo Costa was slated to fight Rockhold at UFC 277, headlined by Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes. But, they postponed the match to a later date in August for reasons unknown.

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