That was bad ass. Sometimes those moments are hidden and people don't pick up on them. Same when Floyd Mayweather came out dancing during the second press conference with Conor.
it's hard to believe that an ordinary human being Whittaker spent a total of 65 minutes in octagon fighting these two genetically modified super-soldiers and won
@@jonskygge9779 Can't see it happening to be honest. DDP is every bit as athletic as Paulo and way more unpredictable, and has better cardio, and he barely pulled it off. Sean should be able to shut him down with his 1-2 and shockingly good philly shell without any major issues.
@@user-tu2dr3ny6x You think Whitaker would beat Strickland? If your answer was yes, you might want to reconsider Costa vs Strickland. I do think there's a chance Strickland shows levels - but theres a 50% chance imo that Paulo does what DDP did to him. That gives us +EV on Costa - if my assumption is correct ofc
I miss Yoel... I also miss this Costa... He was actually taking fighting 100% seriously... Now he's almost more of a social media presence than fighter...
@sebastianerre4199 Seems like after the Stylebender loss he kinda lost his way... Started focusing on his social media rather than fighting. Unfortunately.
prob realised that he can make shit loads of money without fighting so he lost motivation but still looked great in his last fight but yea few years ago he was beast and legit contender
i came hear to read comments about this aswell its so strange how different costa fights these last fights, I mean he looked fucking great against robert that fight could have been a draw in my eyes, and I really thought he would walk over sean tbh, he is not the same fighter since izzy sadly, idk what happend has he changed his team? How he fought strickland doesnt make any sense, not even a single takedown attempt? He could take down luke who is a high level grappler 🤨
@@conandoyle1740 yeah for sure but still he already lost confidence in that fight aswell, drinking wine before the fight and shit, its like a totally different man fightning since that fight, I would be way more afraid of exhanching hands and being agressive against romero than against izzy and sean, romero has way more knockout power than both and also have better wrestling then both of em aswell
Paulo has never walked down anyone like this since it happened. This agression coupled with his physicality were the only things that made him an interesting fighter, stick and move Paulo is low top 10 at best unfortunately
@@mvz105 Yeah, I imagine it has to fuck with your head to go three rounds against a concrete block with legs, taking his best shots, and then get completely dominated by Izzy.
I remember seeing someone's comment about this fight, "this is Godzilla vs KingKong". The fight lived up to the hype and it had everything. Very entertaining.
What are the odds that 2 guys that look like this happen to have been in Middleweight at the same time? Both look like they are carved from stone and belong in an art museum + very similar style wise. This match up is so good.
There's something comical about how Yoel got rocked 1:06, followed by Paulo got staggered 1:11, the rumble afterwards, and how both of them ended up face down on the mat 1:15
This was such a good fight. I liked how Yoel was kind of faking out his tiredness a bit, but paulo wasn't taking any of the bait and stuck to his guns and won.
This fight made it seem like Costa was gonna be a force. Then he gets injured has to pull out of the Izzy fight and is replaced with Romero Then the Izzy fight finally happens and he gets destroyed Then another injury and he doesn't get another fight for a good while till Vettori and loses that one fortunately didn't get destroyed that time but still a setback Then Rockhold and he finally gets a victory Then finally the opportunity to make contendership once again by fighting Whitaker and he loses that one. Been unfortunate for him. I was rooting for him to win that fight. Would have opened up some new and exciting fights. Since Whittaker's fought everyone. Strickland might be his last opportunity to finally get to contendership one more time. Hopefully he does.
@@NarendraSingh-hq2py definitely wasn’t lucky vs costa😂Costa didn’t take Izzy seriously and got flatlined. But if Yoel didn’t stand like a statue for half the fight and decided to wrestle he definitely could’ve thrown Izzy off rhythm and won by decision.
Paulo saluting then walking forward is iconic. Two absolute specimens.
@Amish_Paradise tf you on blud 😭
That was bad ass. Sometimes those moments are hidden and people don't pick up on them. Same when Floyd Mayweather came out dancing during the second press conference with Conor.
All USADA employees were on an extended vacation leading up to this fight 😂😂
It’s fun to joke about but in reality they’re just absolute specimens of genetic excellence!
@@Gen7486lmao what? You think they aren’t on peds? 😂
LMAO 😂 damn that's a good one
Why is it so hard to accept they didn’t fail the tests for the fight ?
All the fighters are juiced. That's why you can't bet on the UFC is a bunch of countries like Canada.
Cuban super soldier vs Brazil's own super soldier 🤣 this fight was an absolute banger
it's hard to believe that an ordinary human being Whittaker spent a total of 65 minutes in octagon fighting these two genetically modified super-soldiers and won
Sounds like a title straight from an anime XD
Soldier of God vs The Eraser
@@fallasleep9472 this could be an amazing anime title
@@gabrieldinglasan Yeah, Record of Ragnorak type stuff
@@hepatic_encephalopathy Izzy beat all of them🤷🏼♂️
yoel going "😛" every 10 seconds
why tho whats the purpose of it?
@Maxi-sx1vs it's just a taunt,, acting like the hits aren't phasing you whether they're weak or hard
@@9095
I don’t think so. I think it’s a mental glitch that he can’t control. It’s weird af. You can just tell he can’t control it.
@@Boogieplex yeah it's definitely some sort of tick. Similar to how poirier pulls up his shorts before every engagement
It really bothered me. I was hoping Costa would hit him and make him stop doing it
Closest we'll ever get to a real life anime fight.
And Ubereem vs Brock was the Marvel fight in real life.
@@20fadhilRevolutionovereem vs inganou uppercut.
Announcers fit right in.
Their names sound like something out of an anime also 💀: Solder of God Vs the Eraser
Wrong I’ve seen crazier
Soldier of God vs Brazilian Hulk. What a time it was 😭
Soldier of God my A
no
@cross112575 why can't he be a "Soilder Of God" 😂
soldier of steroids
I was the 1k🎉
1:05 Yoel pointing another direction to distract Paulo after the knockdown was pure genius 😂
What’s that ? A right hand 👊🏽
I DID NOT EVEN SEE THAT. That is fuckin hilarious.
totor ;)
😂 bruce lee shi
lol
These two were actually being hilarious throughout the entire fight
Watching this live was insane. All time classic
agreed, one of the only events i bought real tickets for, was insane watching this in real life, well worth the price
oh you meant ppv?
@@joshuamason8992what did it smell there, can you still remember?
@@PeanutButterCoffeeBread smelled like Secret Juice
@@PeanutButterCoffeeBreadsmelt like testosterone
That’s how ordinary people imagine fights/fighters
Sandhagen vs yan
Ordinary people,who you think you are bro😂
@@coleireland9486 Ordinary/casual people🤷🏻♂️ I think everyone get what i meant my friend
@@snzhkk2665you could have just said People tho you just described it 😂
@@Goyimdemducyou're thinking way to hard now lol
Romero - hey Costa look over there 😂
Never gets old
What time stamp?
@@ishyali94551:09
@@ishyali9455 1:05
@@ishyali9455 1:05
@@ishyali94551:05
Two natty kings slugging it out 👏
C’mon bro
No one is natty in the ufc but theres only a few that look like it
@@Supermoi1234 that's the joke
Still one of the best middleweight fights of all time. 15 mins of straight violence
Two juiced up machines destroying each other, this fight was great
And people still try to claim they’re natty 😂 look at these beasts. Hellova fight
Thif fight changed my mind bout PEDs. Such great fights come out of that, fuck it, im not the one fighting, im the one watching. JUICE THEM UPPPPP
@Wopedomer Yoel is a genetic freak tho. He never popped for anything
@@stevend481 none of them do. That’s how they get away with it
@@Wopedomer the question is why don't they pop if they use stuff
how bradley martin thinks he fights
But he’s 260 brother 😂😭
he's 260 tho
"b- bu- but, he's 260 tho🤡"
So much juice in this fight you'll test positive by just watching
How the hell did this pass USDA again?
Definitly juicing but not too much, insane genetics probably as well
Secret Juice
@@dirge44true
@@dirge44exactly cuz there are even pictures from Romero as a kid maybe 6 7 years old and he's already ripped
One of the best fights in combat sports 🔥 hope to see this costa against Strickland
Costa gonna beat up Strickland
@@jonskygge9779 LOL
@@jonskygge9779 Can't see it happening to be honest. DDP is every bit as athletic as Paulo and way more unpredictable, and has better cardio, and he barely pulled it off. Sean should be able to shut him down with his 1-2 and shockingly good philly shell without any major issues.
@@user-tu2dr3ny6x You think Whitaker would beat Strickland? If your answer was yes, you might want to reconsider Costa vs Strickland. I do think there's a chance Strickland shows levels - but theres a 50% chance imo that Paulo does what DDP did to him. That gives us +EV on Costa - if my assumption is correct ofc
@@user-tu2dr3ny6x bro DDP is not every bit as athletic as costa, also doesn’t have as good striking
I miss Yoel... I also miss this Costa... He was actually taking fighting 100% seriously... Now he's almost more of a social media presence than fighter...
agree.. costa fighting seriously is a dangerous contender
@sebastianerre4199 Seems like after the Stylebender loss he kinda lost his way... Started focusing on his social media rather than fighting. Unfortunately.
@@bkbaughn he looked really good last fight after a long lay-off imo
prob realised that he can make shit loads of money without fighting so he lost motivation but still looked great in his last fight but yea few years ago he was beast and legit contender
@@treyfivecarti5119 That's true. I hope he's got "it" back and starts regularly fighting again... Loved watching his fights...
Two gladiators right here
This fight should be at UFC HOF someday. The real mixed martial arts. Striking, Wrestling, grappling. Everything 🔥🔥🔥
There's almost zero wrestling.
@@justin9744 "almost"
This fight was actually amazing 😂😂😂
The what’re you laughing for? Fight me.
Especially the last 2 mins
@@Unknownuser-v8o ong
❤️🫡
@@50centyGG it should have been a five rounder 😂
Craziest shit this two fought at 185 here. They look like they weigh 235
They weighed in at 185
@@eliminator173you don’t say?
@@FrigidHeights no I didn't say anything. I typed it.
@@eliminator173😂, smart ass lmao
They probably did lmao
Consider that Paulo was in his late 20's and Yoel in his early 40's in this fight
*Paulo costa is the only human who walked down Yoel Romero ! he is that kind of savage !! real life baki fight lol*
Walled down lol Not even remotely so
Romero won mate
and in front of izzy he was like a noob and fought like he never fought. Too much money ruins that sport
izzy was constantly running bro.. what are you smoking. it wasn’t romero’s fault
@@dundee1080He did but Yoel won 2,3
1:10 "hey, look over there!" 😆
I've seen this one so many times. It's still crazy how both guys could take so much massive hits and barely show any damage.
This one of the most hyped fights of all time for hardcores, and it absolutely delivered
The look on Romero's face during the decision always gets me LOL
One of my favorite fights in ufc history
Absolutely a BANGER from start to finish!
Paulo costa just isn’t the same guy. This guy right here runs right through Sean last night. Bizarre
i came hear to read comments about this aswell its so strange how different costa fights these last fights, I mean he looked fucking great against robert that fight could have been a draw in my eyes, and I really thought he would walk over sean tbh, he is not the same fighter since izzy sadly, idk what happend has he changed his team? How he fought strickland doesnt make any sense, not even a single takedown attempt? He could take down luke who is a high level grappler 🤨
@@TheJimmyswe150yes the Robert fight had me fooled as well
@@TheJimmyswe150 adesanya was juiced to the gillz on test in 2020 during covid. He ended Costa‘s career there. Bad bad brain damage.
@@conandoyle1740 yeah for sure but still he already lost confidence in that fight aswell, drinking wine before the fight and shit, its like a totally different man fightning since that fight, I would be way more afraid of exhanching hands and being agressive against romero than against izzy and sean, romero has way more knockout power than both and also have better wrestling then both of em aswell
@@conandoyle1740 tbh the only one that actually beats and stops strickland pretty easily atm is khamzat, round 1 submission
This is a fight i always direct new fans to.
”Want to see he-man vs the hulk?”
9:07 “What was that move bruh🗣️” 😂😂😂
Lazy jabs
Has got to be one of the most entertaining fights I've seen
Ultimate classic! Two powerhouses giving each other it all
I’ve been waiting to see a full costa fight
All time classic
One of the most insane brawls 😅
I love how Yoel looks like he is just having a casual warm up sparring session 😂
Both fighters are good people, respectful and it was a great fight too.
This was the fight that got me into mma
More juice than a Tropicana factory
😆
Paulo has never walked down anyone like this since it happened. This agression coupled with his physicality were the only things that made him an interesting fighter, stick and move Paulo is low top 10 at best unfortunately
I feel Izzy actually changed him. Costa tried to walk him down and got PUT down. Now he’s blasting secret juice kicks to everyone’s body.
this was peak confidence Costa because he was finishing everybody
@@mvz105 Yeah, I imagine it has to fuck with your head to go three rounds against a concrete block with legs, taking his best shots, and then get completely dominated by Izzy.
His fight against Whittaker was definitely fun. It was a very close fight too. His fights are always super entertaining.
I don’t think he ever recovered mentally from the Izzy fight
Most advanced incredible fight I’ve ever seen. Honestly was so disappointed when I saw Sean Strickland fight like how is it even the same sport
0:39 is always what I caised the tear and problems in Costas arm ...the strength and force to stop the yoel takedown. Is crazy
I remember seeing someone's comment about this fight, "this is Godzilla vs KingKong". The fight lived up to the hype and it had everything. Very entertaining.
I really enjoyed this fight!!! Thanks to both of you!! Great job!!!
Hands down my favorite fight of all time, was wild watching live
What a banger! These two left it all in the octagon. I wish this version of Costa would have showed up vs Strickland.
*"2 Brahman Bulls 🐂 going at it"* - *Toe Rogan*
One of the first UFC fights i ever watched, best introduction to the sport!
What are the odds that 2 guys that look like this happen to have been in Middleweight at the same time? Both look like they are carved from stone and belong in an art museum + very similar style wise. This match up is so good.
The fight you always go back to at 2am when you can’t sleep 👌🏽
One of the best fights
One of my favorite fights! It was like 2 super heroes going at it.
Costa is actually a sick fighter.
There's something comical about how Yoel got rocked 1:06, followed by Paulo got staggered 1:11, the rumble afterwards, and how both of them ended up face down on the mat 1:15
The way Paulo fell was straight up cartoonish
this is how people fight in movies
Say what you want about Costa, he was one of the very few who was not afraid of Romero
Best 3 round fight of all time!
13:10 When the older brother beats you up, but you got that DAWG in you.
PLEASE UFC!!! DO NOT UPLOAD FIGHTS WITHOUT SLOW MO'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Closest thing we’d ever get to a real life super hero / anime fight
This was such a good fight. I liked how Yoel was kind of faking out his tiredness a bit, but paulo wasn't taking any of the bait and stuck to his guns and won.
This fight is so freakin badass. Could be in an anime
This is like Street Fighter 💪🔥
At 1:05 Yoel gets dropped and when Costa goes after him, he points to the side and then drops Costa.
Thats some funny shit.
This is the Absolutely the fight you show to your friends to make them fans of MMA/UFC...
I got so fucking high for this fight and was gifted one of the greatest 3 round fights of all time🔥🔥🔥
Drinking rn watching for this for the first time got a big blunt ready for after these claws
1:09 the point got me crying 😂
Romero is so funny raising his hands like he won after he heard he lost lol
another amazing fight. love this stuff.
Anyone watching this epic fight after watching Paulo Costa's fight with Sean Strickland?
Yeah man we need this Paulo back, this was prime Paulo. Now he is just a shell of himself and backs up all the time.
Esa fue una de las mejores peleas de la UFC . Sin duda alguna
What tf happed to costa now?? We need old Eraser back
It’s fun watching two machines going at it.
Sukuna kills gojo 😂😂😂
Grande combate. É isto que todos esperamos ver sempre 💪💪
If this was now this would have to be a BMF fight man that was wild.
Been getting daily updates from 4ra on match highlights, loving it! 📱🏏
Trt vs anabol
This is definitely one of the best Middle Weight Brawls. Such a perfect body weight division for both explosive speed and strong power.
This fight made it seem like Costa was gonna be a force.
Then he gets injured has to pull out of the Izzy fight and is replaced with Romero
Then the Izzy fight finally happens and he gets destroyed
Then another injury and he doesn't get another fight for a good while till Vettori and loses that one fortunately didn't get destroyed that time but still a setback
Then Rockhold and he finally gets a victory
Then finally the opportunity to make contendership once again by fighting Whitaker and he loses that one.
Been unfortunate for him.
I was rooting for him to win that fight. Would have opened up some new and exciting fights. Since Whittaker's fought everyone.
Strickland might be his last opportunity to finally get to contendership one more time.
Hopefully he does.
"The most juiced up match in the history of MMA"
Romero is such a respectful fighter it's unreal
Bro Romero is built like a Uruk-hai straight out of Isengard 😂
I remember watching this live, my neighbors were not happy
Damn Paula is strong. Defended the take down, even reversed it for a moment.
all-time fight, hope we get this version of Costa back at some point
Ima always remember him saluting Yoel mid fight what a war
the fight that got me into UFC
UFC needs to sign Shadrack Nsua.
That won't happen because of his manager Gabe Itches.
@@krystiankepa8139 What's going on there?
How many times have you watched this?
Me: yes
Longest ufc fight for costa got me dead
i accidentally typed "romero vs yoel" into the searchbar and this was the first result
the best PED KINGS that never got caught. The fight we needed.
Both are great fighters ❤
Why neither of them fought this aggressively against Adesanya I’ll never know, especially Yoel
Very strange, I think Izzy got lucky twice
@@NarendraSingh-hq2py definitely wasn’t lucky vs costa😂Costa didn’t take Izzy seriously and got flatlined. But if Yoel didn’t stand like a statue for half the fight and decided to wrestle he definitely could’ve thrown Izzy off rhythm and won by decision.
@@free9ondo just watched the fight a few mins ago and I just can't understand what costa's game plan was!!
Gran pelea
Straight up f'ing WAR!
This is the Paulo that we need again
Yoel sticks his tounge out at Costa to show he's eating his strikes