The UFC star Paulo Costa is quite famous among the MMA community as the meme lord. He often trolls his fellow MMA fighters on social media platforms. Most of the time, the fans also enjoy Costa trolling other fighters. At the moment, Costa has once again grabbed the attention of the netizens by coming up with the “toothless gang” of the UFC. This time, ‘Borrachinha’ aimed at the next UFC welterweight title challenger, Colby Covington, and former UFC middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold. However, it was not the only tweet from Costa about Rockhold losing his teeth.

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Rockhold faced a huge loss in his debut fight at BKFC 41 against former UFC star Mike Perry on April 29th, 2023. The clash between the two was a neck-to-neck battle, which Perry won in the second round via TKO. Rockhold was not able to continue the bout as he broke his teeth in between the match. This forced him to inform the referee that he wouldn’t be able to fight further. While Covington broke his teeth after the physical altercation against Jorge Masvidal in Miami. Costa didn’t find a better time than now to troll other fighters.

Fans respond to Paulo Costa’s “toothless” troll

Costa’s last bout at the UFC was against Rockhold at UFC 278, where he won the bout via unanimous decision. Costa expressed his happiness over the loss of his rival on social media. Moreover, he involved Covington as well. Costa added photos of Rockhold and Covington’s broken teeth. Along with them, he added his fake toothless photos, too. As a caption to the photos, He wrote, “Tootless gang“. The fans were quick to react to ‘Borrachinha’s’ troll. 

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Check out how fans reacted to the post

Many believe that Paulo Costa will fight Khamzat Chimaev next. One of the fans indirectly warned Costa about Chimaev.

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One fan made fun of Costa for not being able to “finish” Rockhold.

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One of the Twitter users warned Costa of the same fate.

Another fan commented on Covington’s photo.

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One of the fans called Costa a “meme GOD.

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Another fan made a sarcastic comment.

One fan asked Costa to pay for his “blue ticks.

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Thus, a variety of reactions were seen.

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‘The Eraser’ still holds the rivalry

When Luke Rockhold lost against Mike Perry, Paulo Costa decided to celebrate the loss of his rival. He came up with multiple tweets. In every tweet, he made sure that he focuses on the Californian fighter losing his teeth. He also reminded fans of Rockhold’s knockout loss against Yoel Romero in 2019, after which Romero kissed Rockhold.

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He clubbed both the incidents and wrote, “OMG luke will have a hard time kissing guys now. at least he has a hard chin with a toothless mouth. Perry did it again. Boxing is so different than mma, especially without gloves dude.” Many fans felt that Costa is still hanging on to his rivalry against Rockhold, even after winning his last match against him.

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