Paulo Costa Criticizes 'Shameful' Jeremy Stephens After No-Contest in Mexico City
The 15-second main event of UFC Fight Night 159 was practically
over before it began, but the controversy is ongoing, and
middleweight contender Paulo
Henrique Costa has injected his opinion into the
discussion.
In an early exchange, Jeremy Stephens’ eye was raked by the extended fingers of Yair Rodriguez. After a five-minute break given by referee Herb Dean, Stephens was still unable to open his eye, and as the strike had been ruled inadvertent, the fight was declared a no-contest, much to the ire of the Mexico City crowd, which pelted the cage, fighters and announcers’ table with trash.
In the wake of the aborted headline fight, numerous fighters
weighed in and voiced their disappointment. Costa, however, was
notable for specifically criticizing Stephens’ inability or
unwillingness to fight on with the injured eye. “Borrachinha”
posted on his Twitter:
“Shameful. Stephen’s don’t deserve UFC”
The comment did not go down well with fans, and as of Monday morning the tweet had a negative ratio of comments to likes.
Costa is scheduled to fly to Australia next month to witness the highly-anticipated middleweight title unification bout between the Australian champion Robert Whittaker and the interim belt holder and Nigerian-born New Zealand-based Israel Adesanya.
In an early exchange, Jeremy Stephens’ eye was raked by the extended fingers of Yair Rodriguez. After a five-minute break given by referee Herb Dean, Stephens was still unable to open his eye, and as the strike had been ruled inadvertent, the fight was declared a no-contest, much to the ire of the Mexico City crowd, which pelted the cage, fighters and announcers’ table with trash.
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Shameful. Stephen’s don’t deserve UFC pic.twitter.com/JHeeQRErEX
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) September 22, 2019
“Shameful. Stephen’s don’t deserve UFC”
The comment did not go down well with fans, and as of Monday morning the tweet had a negative ratio of comments to likes.
Costa is scheduled to fly to Australia next month to witness the highly-anticipated middleweight title unification bout between the Australian champion Robert Whittaker and the interim belt holder and Nigerian-born New Zealand-based Israel Adesanya.
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