Alessandro Costa
Nono
Brazil
Falls as massive favorite
Costa lost to Alden Coria via TKO (punches) at 0:47 of Round 3 at UFC Noche on Saturday in San Antonio.
ANALYSIS
What a disaster. Originally set to face Edgar Chairez here, Costa agreed to the opponent change a little over a month ago and essentially ended up getting dominated as a -350 favorite. Costa was simply never able to get on track and found himself on the short end of a 42-12 mark in terms of significant strikes at the time of the stoppage. He was on his way to dropping a decision had the stoppage not materialized. The 29-year-old hasn't show much with the UFC, alternating losses and wins in his first five fights with the company.
What a disaster. Originally set to face Edgar Chairez here, Costa agreed to the opponent change a little over a month ago and essentially ended up getting dominated as a -350 favorite. Costa was simply never able to get on track and found himself on the short end of a 42-12 mark in terms of significant strikes at the time of the stoppage. He was on his way to dropping a decision had the stoppage not materialized. The 29-year-old hasn't show much with the UFC, alternating losses and wins in his first five fights with the company.
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Gets new Noche UFC opponent
Costa will now take on Alden Coria in a flyweight matchup at Noche UFC on Sept. 13, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Costa was originally slated to face Edgar Chairez at the event, but the latter withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. He now takes on the debuting Coria, a 27-year-old member of Fury FC who has accumulated eight of his 10 professional MMA wins via stoppage. Costa is 2-2 in the UFC and will be looking to earn back-to-back wins for the first time with the company.
Costa was originally slated to face Edgar Chairez at the event, but the latter withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. He now takes on the debuting Coria, a 27-year-old member of Fury FC who has accumulated eight of his 10 professional MMA wins via stoppage. Costa is 2-2 in the UFC and will be looking to earn back-to-back wins for the first time with the company.
Opponent withdraws from Noche UFC
Costa will not fight Edgar Chairez at Noche UFC on Sept. 13, according to Nolan King of MMAJunkie.com.
ANALYSIS
Chairez has a leg injury preventing his participation in Noche UFC. It is unclear if Costa will get a new opponent for the event, or if the promotion will follow through on Chairez's request of having their fight at a later date, the earliest case being in mid-October.
Chairez has a leg injury preventing his participation in Noche UFC. It is unclear if Costa will get a new opponent for the event, or if the promotion will follow through on Chairez's request of having their fight at a later date, the earliest case being in mid-October.
Healthy, next fight scheduled
Costa (shoulder) is scheduled to compete against fellow flyweight Edgar Chairez at Noche UFC in San Antonio on Sept. 13, per Danny Segura of MMA Junkie.
ANALYSIS
UFC Vegas 97 previously included Costa against Matt Schnell. Their fight suffered cancellation because of the former's shoulder injury, which lasted for a long time. Noche UFC will mark Costa's first fight in over a year, ever since he finished Kevin Borjas at UFC 301.
UFC Vegas 97 previously included Costa against Matt Schnell. Their fight suffered cancellation because of the former's shoulder injury, which lasted for a long time. Noche UFC will mark Costa's first fight in over a year, ever since he finished Kevin Borjas at UFC 301.
Fight called off due to injury
Costa's (shoulder) flyweight bout versus Matt Schnell at UFC Vegas 97 on Sept. 7 has been called off, Matthew Wells of MMA Junkie reports.
ANALYSIS
Schnell said Monday that the fight is off due to a shoulder injury to Costa. The 28-year-old holds a record of 14-4-0, and he won his last bout versus Kevin Borias by way of TKO (punches) on May 4th.
Schnell said Monday that the fight is off due to a shoulder injury to Costa. The 28-year-old holds a record of 14-4-0, and he won his last bout versus Kevin Borias by way of TKO (punches) on May 4th.
Fighting Schnell in Vegas
Costa will take on Matt Schnell at UFC Vegas 97 on September 7, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Costa will return to the mat after opening up UFC 301 with a TKO victory over Kevin Borjas. The Brazilian flyweight has less experience than Schnell, though Schnell is currently sporting a two match losing streak and lacks the momentum that Costa currently exhibits.
Costa will return to the mat after opening up UFC 301 with a TKO victory over Kevin Borjas. The Brazilian flyweight has less experience than Schnell, though Schnell is currently sporting a two match losing streak and lacks the momentum that Costa currently exhibits.