Since abandoning his forward pressure style, Costa has gone 1-3, after being 13-0 -- Why did he do it?

[Choco]

He was never the same after Izzy molested him

Hot take: The man that actualy destroyed Paulo was Romero. Gynosanya just reap Romero's work when he beat Drunken Paulo..

 

[Contempt]

He quit against Izzy not really finished

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

 

[Contempt]

Yeah, but he fought aggressively vs iron-chinned power puncher Romero when he was a +140 underdog, but refused to do it against a glass-chinned Rockhold who was tailor made for that style, as a -400 favorite.

It's not just the level of opposition.

It's a total 180 on his approach to fighting.

Pime Costa would have marched Rockhold down and KOed him in a round; even Mike Perry was able to.

Yeah, prime Costa when he thought he was unbeatable... not current Costa after a couple of losses.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Costa has the skills but not the fight IQ.
He can easily over pressure fighters but his concern of getting KO'd is evident.
He has a chin but he's lost faith in it.
Many times he backed up throwing a left hook, he would wince as well expecting a counter when he was in the inside.

 

[DougieJones]

That fight last night could have gone either way, Bobby's face was mashed at the end

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Hot take: The man that actualy destroyed Paulo was Romero. Gynosanya just reap Romero's work when he beat Drunken Paulo..

Costa beat the shit out of Romero

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

He did quit

 

[Ares Black]

He's gone from a style that saw him throw 8.3 significant strikes per minute, down to 4.9.

It was noticeable in the Romero fight that he became gassed midway through the second round - the first man to survive his onslaught.

I'm guessing he realized that this approach was less viable against higher level opposition from this and adjusted accordingly.

Has it gotten to the point now though where him going away from what got him to the dance renders him almost no chance at all to beat anyone in the upper echelons.

He potentially won round 1, but was clearly losing it prior to a hail mary shot in the closing seconds.

His reach disadvantage is not conducive to sitting on the outside and trading shots.

Should he go back to the all duck, no dinner blitzkrieg, and risk getting finished late in 2nd regularly, to give him a chance to beat the top guys in the first 1.5 rounds?

He started fighting people who fought back.

 

[Contempt]

He did quit

Izzy punched him, he fell down and turtled up. You can say he quit all you like but Izzy TKO'd him easily and in a humiliating fashion.

No wonder he is fighting far more timidly to avoid that kind of humiliation again.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

That fight last night could have gone either way, Bobby's face was mashed at the end

 

[Bob Sagat]

That fight last night could have gone either way, Bobby's face was mashed at the end

fucking this
Costa has some absolutely crisp striking and didn't look bruised up at all
I hate how reactionary this board is

 

[fizzlehiss]

He's gone from a style that saw him throw 8.3 significant strikes per minute, down to 4.9.

It was noticeable in the Romero fight that he became gassed midway through the second round - the first man to survive his onslaught.

I'm guessing he realized that this approach was less viable against higher level opposition from this and adjusted accordingly.

Has it gotten to the point now though where him going away from what got him to the dance renders him almost no chance at all to beat anyone in the upper echelons.

He potentially won round 1, but was clearly losing it prior to a hail mary shot in the closing seconds.

His reach disadvantage is not conducive to sitting on the outside and trading shots.

Should he go back to the all duck, no dinner blitzkrieg, and risk getting finished late in 2nd regularly, to give him a chance to beat the top guys in the first 1.5 rounds?

You are kinda blind. He tried doing it on Adesanya but Izzy simply feinted and slipped away ftom Costa. Rockhold was a tall opponent but Paulo DID pressure him to the cage. Vettori was pressured the way Uriah was but was able to pressure back and impose his physicality not to move backwards.

 

[ElLunico]

Simple, he started fighting higher level competition, realised they could seriously hurt him or finish him in ugly fashion like Izzy did.

...that'll make anyone be a bit hesitant.

Lol exactly.

 

[DougieJones]

What would you rather have in a fighter: one who lands a dozen strikes but can't so much as leave a mark on their opponent, or one that hits you with only 3 punches that break a nose and close an eye?


I also didn't say Bobby lost last night so IDK what you are trying to argue here exactly

 

[josh345]

He was never the same after Izzy molested him
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God that was so dumb. The world was made a better place when Izzy lost to Sean.

 

[Noraaq]

His problem is his inability to deal with low kicks.

 

[Khaosan]

It's the hair pills. He lost half of his hair during the Whittaker fight just from glancing blows against his scalp. The Cagefighter X (twitter) page showed clumps of black hair on the floor of the cage and also Whittaker's corner pulling it off his gloves in between the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Pretty crazy.

I’m too autistic to know if this is a joke but if it’s real that’s hilarious.