P. Borrachinha only returns to the octagon in April 2020. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook PauloBorrachinha
Ultimate president Dana White confirmed that Israel adesanya will make his first defense of the middleweight title (up to 83,9kg.) against Yoel romero. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the 'boss' took the opportunity to comment on the situation of Paulo borrachinha, who, after the clash was confirmed, had his dream of fighting for the title postponed. Thinking about the well-being of the Brazilian, who is recovering from a biceps injury, the agent advised the Minas Gerais native to slow down in training to avoid further injuries. The speech was published by 'Ag.Fight'.
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“With this (confirmation of the fight between Adesanya and Romero), there is no need to rush (Paulo) Costa. Costa is rushing things too much. It was on his Instagram the other day and the guy is training like he's going to fight now. You shouldn't do this right after coming out of surgery where you wouldn't be fit until June, right? He shouldn't be training like this. Do you know what happens when you do this? You get hurt again, that's what's going to happen. He needs to slow down a little and relax, make sure he's 100%, doesn't get hurt again. Because then we can have this fight (with him) after Romero,” declared White.
White also justified the fact that he chose Romero as his next challenger. Part of the fans and specialized press do not find meaning in the fight, as the Cuban comes from two consecutive defeats, the last one, including to Borrachinha himself.
"Israel adesanya want to fight against Yoel romero, OK? Nobody wants to fight Romero. Believe me, we call everyone. Nobody wants to fight him. Israel wants to fight him, and it is Israel who has the title. (Adesanya) feels his legacy won't be complete without him not winning the Yoel romero. How can you not respect that? I respect. And people want to see it, I promise it will be a great fight, so we will do it. And then we have the fight with Costa”, concluded Dana.
Israel and Romero meet in the main fight of the UFC 248, which takes place on March 7th. This will be the Nigerian's first performance after the athlete won Robert whittaker in a fight valid for the unification of the middleweight title.
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Grana White, you will one day be able to destroy what little credibility the UFC has left with these idiotic comments and meaningless marriage of fights.
Could it really be possible to wait another 30, 45 days to put on the champion's fight against Paulo Bombinha, I mean, Borrachinha?
Apparently this is another case where you don't want to see a Brazilian champion, as happened with Jacaré.
In short, for you and the UFC, all that matters is the money.
Your luck is that there are still a lot of idiots who just want to see the fight, regardless of whether the fight match was fair or not, whether the fight was handpicked (McChicken x Cowboy) or even arranged.