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Former middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa lost his second fight in a row on Saturday to former champion Sean Strickland in the UFC 302 co-main event.  It was his second loss in a row and his fourth defeat in his last five fights.  

“Borrachinha” released a video statement following the loss and vowed to return to the headhunting style that made him a contender.  

“I just came to say a few words. Yeah, Sean won. I didn’t perform very well. I think he didn’t either, but at least he did enough to win, right? This is two losses in a row in three fights, three former champs: Luke Rockhold, [Robert] Whittaker, and Sean.  I won one and lost two,” Costa said in the video.  

“But let me tell you something, I agree with Dana [White] and Joe Rogan, and I will do that.  I will bring back the Paulo to take heads off, to finish the fight. I’m not that kind of counter, sorry, I’m not that kind of counter guy. I do better [when I] move forward and try to finish and look for heads. Sean is so awkward, so different kind of fighter to fight against, it’s difficult. He was teeping me, keeping me, pushing me, keep pushing me, keep me far from him because he knows the power that I have. And I have the power, so I need to deliver that, and I will do that. I won’t give a f**k. F**k points or conserving energy or f**k anything about that,” Costa continued.  

“I will come to take heads off. And this is who I am.  This is the kind of fighter I am, and the fighter who people expect that I perform [as], so I will do that. F**k points, I’ve had enough of this. Even the first round that I was 100-percent sure that I won, some people thought I lost. F**k them. I will come to take heads off. That’s it, who I am.”

I will give a fuck for points, it’s not my business pic.twitter.com/iqYQq3oXLj

— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) June 2, 2024

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Dear Mr. Chandler: Nobody cares about your dumb training video.

The combat sports world was turned upside down late last night when Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hastily postponed its UFC 303 kickoff press conference in Dublin, a ticketed event featuring mixed martial arts (MMA) megastar Conor McGregor.

More on that unfolding drama here and here.

Not surprisingly, UFC fans have been monitoring social media for updates and as of this writing, the promotion has yet to explain why the press conference was shelved and has not given any indication as to whether or not the UFC 303 headliner is still intact.

UFC 303 is scheduled for June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Chandler recently uploaded sparring footage to his Twitter account along with some rah-rah sentiment about chasing your dreams. Fans in the comment section were unimpressed with the effort and demanded an explanation for the recent press conference drama.

Spoiler alert: they didn’t get one.

McGregor has yet to comment on today’s cancelation.

“Notorious” has not competed since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier back in summer 2021. His return was originally expected to follow The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 31; however, drug-testing issues and Road House filming obligations kept him at bay.

Hopefully we can get answers about UFC 303 at some point later today.

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The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time.

1 p.m. ET: We kick things off by recapping the busy weekend in combat sports.

2:15 p.m.: MMA legend Eddie Alvarez is back to discuss the latest in his life.

2:45 p.m.: Randy Brown joins us fresh off his UFC 302 win over Elizeu Zaleski.

3:10 p.m.: Ailin Perez also joins us fresh off her UFC 302 win over Joselyne Edwards.

3:30 p.m.: Flyweight GOAT Demetrious Johnson returns to the program.

4 p.m.: The Parlay Boys look back at their best bets for the wild weekend.

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If Dustin Poirier has another UFC fight left in him, former featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski is raising his hand.

Following his fifth-round submission loss to Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 302, Poirier said Saturday night may have been his final octagon walk, although he didn’t make an official decision about retirement. Volkanovski, who lost the title to Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 in February, knows he may have to wait to get another crack at the featherweight belt, and if that’s the case, he wants to fight Poirier instead.

“He thinks he might be retiring, not sure,” Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel. “Maybe, just maybe, depending on what I’m doing — obviously, I want to fight later in the year, I don’t know exactly what’s happening, I don’t want to wait too long either — so if the timing works out, maybe me and Dustin can have a good fight. I know he just wants good fights. Obviously, [we] have a lot of respect for each other, and I think that would be a massive fight.

“So that’s something I’d be willing to do while I’m waiting for that featherweight title, maybe a lightweight fight against someone like Dustin Poirier would be great. You heard it here first. Maybe we could make something happen.”

Despite being a massive underdog heading into UFC 302, Poirier performed admirably against Makhachev, even winning two of the first four rounds on one of the judges’ scorecards. The possibility of Poirier retiring was a huge story leading into the matchup.

But with the final decision looming, Volkanovski is giving the 35-year-old something to think about, and believes the bout could be a blockbuster.

“Dustin, you’re a legend,” Volkanovski said. “Keep your head up. It was a great performance, still, and maybe we could have a little fun in there, have a little dance. Let me know what you think.”

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