

UFC middleweight Paulo Costa has earned a reputation for his hilarious and often outrageous Twitter posts. The Brazilian powerhouse often posts content that targets his UFC colleagues or other prominent figures like Dana White. While Costa has been out of action since his fight against Luke Rockhold at UFC 278 in August 2022, the 31-year-old has been going strong with his Twitter game. Quite recently, he even took a cheeky jibe at Joe Rogan for his bald head.
Now, the outspoken Brazilian has gone after his boss’s latest venture. In a recent tweet, Costa targeted Dana White’s Power Slap League. The former title challenger shared a picture of a rather NSFW slap competition. He also captioned the post, “That slap competition we chads wants to watch.”
That slap 👋 competition we chads wants to watch pic.twitter.com/7Vsidz80OE
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) January 30, 2023
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Dana White’s Power Slap League has been under severe scrutiny since before it even began. The controversy of White and his wife publicly slapping each other during new year celebrations only made it worse. The show had disappointing numbers on its maiden airing but comparatively improved over the next episode.
While many fans are thoroughly unimpressed with the UFC associating it with the Power Slap League, some raised concerns about its safety. There are also those that do not consider it fair competition or a form of fighting.

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – SEPTEMBER 27: (L-R) Paulo Costa of Brazil punches Israel Adesanya of Nigeria in their middleweight championship bout during UFC 253 inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on September 27, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)
Amidst all these issues, ‘Borrachinha’ has come forward with one of his cheeky jibes targeting the competition. Several fans joined in on the joke and trolled Power Slap League.
Fans react to Paulo Costa trolling Power Slap League with NSFW post
Many fans responded to Costa saying that they would rather watch Costa’s suggested league rather than the show Dana White was promoting.
This is the slap competition I want to see not that shit @danawhite put on
— Mr MMA (@MR_MMA_01) January 30, 2023
Chad, I'm no Chad but we the non-Chads also like to see this kind of slap competition 🤩! That Dana White Power Slap League is scary like hell! Not impressed & not entertained 😨!
— Joe69Shifter (@joe_maran) January 30, 2023
NGL I’d rather watch that than the stupid slap league they promoting
— HydroPlasma (@PlasmaHydro) January 30, 2023
Another enthusiastic fan also pointed out how this one had a big advantage over the Power Slap League.
I’d watch that Big plus no CTE
— pohuja (@pohuja1) January 30, 2023
Costa’s antics failed to impress one fan who used the post to fire one back at the former title challenger.
Did you like it when izzy did that to you?
— Prabh Sandhu (@PrabhhSandhu) January 30, 2023
More fans joined in on the joke, with one of them even asking if Costa would compete in the event.
Not sure about the men’s heavyweight division though.
— Gutsyeffort (@VeryIntrigued65) January 30, 2023
Paulo, would you participate if a man in your weight class challenged you? I sure think you could win but lmk
— 🗣ScumtardPRIME(2 times) (@ScumtardPRIME) January 30, 2023
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Paulo Costa was in talks to fight Robert Whittaker. However, the negotiations failed, and he is without a scheduled UFC fight at the moment.
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What do you think of Costa’s Power Slap alternative? When do you think he will return to the octagon? Give us your thoughts in the comments below.
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