UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori

Sorry but while Costa is entertaining, he’s nothing special. I’m not the kind of ****** to say “mark my words” like my preference matters, but I’m 100% certain Vettori is going to wrestle**** him to death.

Look at Costa’s resume, honestly look at it. It’s garbage. The most significant wins on his resume is the washed up remains of Hendricks, the always gunshy gatekeeper Hall, and Yoel Romero. Uriah, despite being an absolutely terrible matchup for Uriah, was still able to expose Costa’s weakness against opponents who move to his weak side, cause his entire game is to trap you against a cage, and beat the **** out of you with a lot of lead hooks to make you go towards his rear side, where you get ****** up even harder. If you simply stay calm and don’t play his game, Costa has zero answers for someone who steps to his lead side. Israel would later exploit this and Costa got picked apart as a result.

Costa’s grappling is…well, I would call it a dumpster fire, but at least dumpster fires are efficient at burning the ******* garbage. The fact he has confirmed black belt in Jiu-Jitsu is genuinely disturbing. His takedowns, the few he shoots for anyway, are technically atrocious. He doesn’t so much as lift the opponent of their legs as much as he just kinda leans his body against their pelvis and prays they fall over because of how diesel he is. He really only is able to get on top of his opponent because the opponent slips and falls on their ass. Now tell me, with all honesty, do you seriously think this bulky piece of jerky meat is going to have the flexibility to defend Marvin’s wrestling on the bottom? Cause I ******* don’t. The Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz is more likely to do a triangle choke than Costa is. 

Marvin is a compete ******, but he’s beaten and fought more solid competition than just one guy like Costa has (Omari, Hermansson, Holland, Cezar) and will simply not wilt under Costa’s pressure. Marvin’s fight with Jack proves he refuses to back against the cage and will do whatever it takes to push you back instead. Marvin also has a superior gas tank, and is a much better wrestler than Costa. Also, while I’m sure Marvin is still somewhat in denial over his loss against Izzy, Costa is still desperately trying to convince the media that Israel’s exploitation of his one-trick pony fighting style wasn’t a simply technical domination, but because he got hammered. Yeah, sure buddy. I find that about as likely as him not being on PEDs, or those ****hub ads telling me my hot eighteen year old neighbor wants to **** me. If you wanna go into debt, bet the house against Vettori. This is not only an easy bet, but probably the best bet of the entire year. 

* Edited at 08.18.2021, 2:34 AM ET *