The Legendary showdown between Paulo Costa and Luke Rockhold!

Ahead of #UFC298, look back at Paulo Costa’s fight with Luke Rockhold at Utah.

It was a showdown of the ages.

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He said my physique is proof of my commitment rockold out of the southp Dan in Black Pao Costa Orthodox in white and you know rockold skill for skill he’s as good as anyone no doubt and if he can get this fight to the ground you got to give Rock the

Advantage in in the grapple but it’s the power of Costa oh he got hurt there Costa’s Landing these strikes from the clinch they were big shots too seems like perhaps rockold wants to try to take the fight down as he should because Costa is so powerful and

Explosive like I said the way he attacked Romero was crazy nobody goes at Romero like that this guy’s H big left from CA wow coner takes Luke down and this is okay for Rocko This is actually good for Rocko because he wants this fight on the

Ground but CA in top position if he can posture he can generate some really good power just the second Tak down of Paulo Costa now eight fight UFC career and now Kasa starting to posture LC’s got one butterfly and he needs to try to get that second one into

Play in Elevate Costa or at least lock down half guard he’s controlling here at least C’s doing a really good job with his top pressure doing a good job of Landing strikes to the body rock has his guard open Rock needs to try to advance defensively he can’t sit here under

Costa that’s a nice elbow to the midsection there by Costa Costa moves some mounts Luke is going to try to sneak out oh Luke’s in real trouble oh Guillotine Guillotine here good job by tossa posture that was a smooth transition by Kasa to the m there very interesting

That Kasa has decided to take this fight to the ground but if you believe that Costa is going to gas this works to your advantage it’s great to put him in a position where he’s really using muscles that he doesn’t generally use inside of Def octagon big body shots from Costa

Making him count here on the ground he moved to mount again it’s amazing how effortlessly he’s moving in these positions on rockold rockold exploded he’s going to sneak out the back door nicely done by rockold [Applause] now a furious start as expected coming up on 90 seconds to go in the round

Really high Pace to start this fight and if you’re rockle you start stabbing things up the middle trying to attack the body of Costa yep there it is right there Luke has one of the best question mark kicks in the game here’s a good kick to the body in two three

Four power kicks from Luke rockold rockold looks tired though yeah his mouth’s wide open open seems like the blood in his nose becoming a real problem well his mouth’s open cuz he can’t breathe out of his nose right now it’s it’s pouring blood yeah watch your watch your

Hands those shots to the body that he ate on the ground are certainly not helping no KAS is doing a really good job of investing in the body shots but you got to think those kicks that Luke hit look at this he’s really good at that wizard kick as a takeown but he

Doesn’t have the energy right now to do it and rock Holts breathing really compromised back to work though with that liver kick another Power kick from the left side good connection there late in the round by rockold [Applause] round one down wow that’s not good hard that’s not

Good him stopping right there putting his hands on his knees stay with this not good body language from rockle keeping his hands on his knees wait all right gentlemen second round you’re in to fight you in to fight Happ go well Jason pillo doing his able best to

Center his pupil we’ll see if rockold can get a c here that’ll help Ro wouldn’t sit between rounds Rocko is coming out guns blazing big kick to the body by oh he got hurt there he’s got his hands locked here he’s got to get to a

Corner rco gets a take off oh he got excited he got excited he rushed and now Costa’s got his back great wherewithal by Costa to expeditiously get back to his feet blood is pouring from Rocko’s Nos and he’s [Applause] grimacing body shot from Costa Rock hold circles oh nice left hand there good

Check right hook there by Rock land too but good Left Hand by Costa or right hand by Costa rock is exhausted I don’t think I’ve ever seen him this start oh beautiful body kick to the body blood rco talked a lot about recovery and his training but is it really is

Failing him right now well he also hasn’t touched down on this octagon since 2019 and the altitude being up in Utah watch the C oh 360 roundhouse kick that’s a big movement though oh St him rockold stung him there with that left hand that left hand straight down the middle and now Costa

With some swelling and a cut under his left eye rockold showing a lot of heart here about three minutes to go on the round well he can still explode I mean he’s exhausted but he still has the capability of launching powerful shots one the thing is he can also see Costa

Strikes a little bit because Costa’s fatigue o oh nice right hand from rockold now rockold is throwing his shots too big though maybe he should throw things that that’s not good no and that motor that just gives Costa almost smiles when he sees that great kick to the leg

There rockold skills look pretty good but he’s fatiguing Costa needs to pressure him if you’re a Costa you may go get another take down watch your fingers you good time you okay what Happ n shot but if I’m I’m like no I don’t want to break watch your fingers look look at

Me Luke hey watch your fingers all right just keep it clean that body kick from Paulo Costa has been money Rock hle now goes High just over two minutes to go and Costa back to work on the body good still has that powerful Hees it’s still fast I mean he looks

Exhausted but he can still explode with those powerful shot oh barely missed that kick and man Rock’s body language not good interruption in the action here that is not the end of the fight was an illegal blow what happened I said I think he said he hit him blow stay stay

Right here take all the time you got time take all the time so as many of you know Ro has this is the altitude as much as the pressure fight a great fight he’s tired but if you’re Rocko you take the time you take the whole five minutes we saw

That earlier tonight A guy got up way too early Woodson take your time relax before you go fight work it out work it out bring it in Jason PLO trying to acknowledge I’m Waring you both of you guys keep it clean you understand fingers low blows not having that

Let’s go fight all back underway pillo trying to let Luke know that Costa is maybe just as tired even though he would not not appear to be quite as fatigued he looked very fatigued when he was sitting down he did but when it get back to their feet though CA is the one

That’s advancing and it’s much easier to be the advancing party than the guy that’s going backwards yes this is why it’s also fatiguing Rock a little bit more because he’s backing up the whole time trying to avoid the attacks of Paulo CA look setting up that high kick

Both of these guys are throwing everything with so much power that’s why they’re fatiguing themselves nothing is is just to touch everything’s to finish the fight yep spinning back [Applause] kick Luke looks like he’s got some more peping step now far more kicks than punches beautiful kick by PA COA right across

The front of the legs and I love that Costa’s going to the B when you know a guy’s tired you keep digging to the body nothing fatigues him more problem with that is he’s got to be careful of the check right hook from Rock what a body kick by Costa that’s

Nasty and rock hle tries to respond with his offense immediately but the body language not great rockold wants to put his hands on his knees yeah he wants to take a break and he’s going to but in a round in which he’s had his moments that is not a great

Visual Costa pressing forward more body kicks of Yosa boy he is exhausted like I’ve never seen I’ve never seen my third final round ready fight you ready to fight H let’s go and John you said Rocko had moments but Costa’s won the first two rounds yes he has fought very very well cuz in between those moments that Rocko had Pao

C’s been advancing he’s been Landing he landed a massive body kick in that second round that really did bother Rocko oh oh he’s tur it up as he should though yes oh this is huge absolutely huge look at this oh he got oh my goodness he got

Sloppy yes he got sloppy he got desperate Rock saw his chance and got desperate and that last explosion may be the last one he has Rockall trying to find a little bit more gasoline here late in the fight oh stick with a right by Costa that got Rocko’s attention right on the

Nose oh and now a look for B shot by rockle what a fight under four minutes now to go but because Roco so tired and because he’s being he’s fighting so weird it’s hard fora to attack him in the way that he wants oh that chb we’ve seen Derek

Lewis do that at times CA needs to take his time and wait for Luke to make a mistake like that cuz then there’s [Applause] openings [Applause] oh huge connection for rockold now oh my God yeah look like rockold said f you twice before landing that

Shot oh he hit him with a twisting kick wow wild that’s a pressing kick look at Costa hands dropped 3 minutes to go three minutes left in the round as loud as this Arena has been all night wow good spaw by Costa big mistake there by Rocko no reason to take that

Shot he’s too tired there’s no chance that he finishes that on Paul Costa right now but when you’re this tired you start to make mistakes and he was actually having a good third round yeah he stung him a few times but as we saw in the fight earlier

The kid felt safer on his back opposed to being on his feet rock may feel safer down here opposed to on the feet with CA right [Applause] now cost to maintaining position here two minutes now to decide the co-main event they talking to each other Costa’s moving in the mount I’m

Very surprised at how well Costa has been able to Grapple with Luke Rock from the top he’s passing those guards pretty easily Costa now working off the back of rockold if Luke can spin and wind up on top here it would be epic C’s got his wrist yeah

That stops that turn back into him Rock’s got a wrist fight on the other side clear his wrist didn’t rotate back in the [Applause] cost they’re talking to each other Paulo telling himself St luk cing look trying to spin he’s looking to spin now he’s got his arm out so now

There’s a chance but if he turns and Polo follows with his right KNE he’ll end up in the mou this is it Ro can get out here he just doesn’t have the energy Costa not much of a submission threat but dominate here nonetheless oh oh oh this is

Crazy listen to his crowd and Luke Rocko feeds off the crowd look at that he’s driving his blood into’s face I just had to turn you guys up in my headset final seconds now this place is going insane somehow some way Luke rockold and Pao Costa Go the

Distance wow look at these two look at all the blood on Paul’s face it’s all rock holes well you see crazy fight two Elite athletes have to dig deep and all that Pao Costa is capable of when he is healthy and in shape what a fight wow yeah

And here’s the right hand by Paul Costa in the third that stung Luke Rocko look L Luke just kind of turns around and covers up and moves away and look at this left hand boom and that’s right after he said f you to him twice beautiful body that one goes to the

Body look at that I mean did he when does that ever happen that’s like in a movie yeah dude this fight was nuts it was nuts and the fact that he got on top and then rubbed all his nose blood all over Paul Coaster’s face I mean look at that that is just

Hilarious it’s so twisted and that is so Luke rockhold and the blood is just superficial folks right face and nose bleeds a lot you don’t need to worry about all that but just an incredible fight between two absolute Warriors Paulo Costa and Luke rockold all right now for the official decision here’s

Bruce ladies and gentlemen after three rounds we go to the judges score cards for decision all three judges score this contest 3027 for the winner by unanimous decision follow the [Applause] eraser