{"id":10740,"date":"2025-07-20T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/10740\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:13:07","slug":"paul-costa-quells-concerns-over-bizarre-shaking-after-ufc-318-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/10740\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Costa quells concerns over bizarre shaking after UFC 318 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW ORLEANS \u2013 Paulo Costa’s shaking at the UFC 318<\/a> pre-fight news conference had some viewers scratching their heads, while others were concerned.<\/p>\n

But immediately following his win Saturday at Smoothie King Center, Costa (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) said there’s no need to worry, even though he was seen rapidly bouncing in his seat during Thursday’s pre-fight festivity.<\/p>\n

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Costa explained there were no external substances or health conditions to blame for the bizarre visual \u2013 only intensity.<\/p>\n

“First of all, the people said I was shaking,” Costa said. “I was not sick or nothing. I didn’t use any powder or something like that. I was just very motivated, very focused, very locked in on this fight. In the backstage, I was telling to myself, relaying to myself the whole time, ‘This is war. Go to war. Do your thing. You need this victory. I will not be back without this victory.’ So I was locked in. I was 100 percent focused on this fight, this match. I know this was a very tough opponent.”<\/p>\n

“Hunter told me, ‘Paulo, this is a great matchup.’ I was the co-main event. Even Marvin (Vettori) and (Brendan) Allen, they both (are) above me in the rankings. But we are here in the co-main event, because the UFC knows this was going to be a great matchup, a great fight, a great comeback for me. So I put too much concentration on this fight and this victory.”<\/p>\n

Costa’s intensity paid off. He defeated Roman Kopylov (14-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) in the co-main event. The win snapped a two-fight losing skid.<\/p>\n

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