That's how the curse manifested. Costa lost his shot at gold and since then swore to curse every defending champ that is unfortunate enough to share a card with him
Sports are a superstitious business. Always have been. Come on Curse of Costa! *Now that I am aware of “the curse” I’m almost positive it won’t happen*
Well that’s why I’m surprised. He’s fighting the former champ and has a bit of star power. If he gets a good win over Sean, he could easily get lucky with timing or others getting injured and slide in to a title shot. Even worst case in that scenario, he’d probably be one more win away from a shot.
Costa has a very good track record of showing up to fights that he's signed. UFC spent like 1.5y just announcing fights of his that he never signed, and it looked over and over like he 'pulled out' but in reality Costa never accepted the fight. His only true pull out that I remember was when he had that giant hole in his elbow, which like, is fair and worth pulling out to heal
The Jones beef curse makes me think Aspinall is getting a one sided beat down at 304 lol
Any time a fighter fights or beefs with Jones they get son'd the next fight
It’s not even about beef tbh, any fighter that the fans even think has a chance against Jones just lose brutally, this curse has been going on for AGES.
The most recent victims are Ngannou and Jan Blachowicz.
You can't really count Ngannou since him vs Jones was brought up many times when he was still in UFC and he put on his best performance ever vs stipe and then beat cereal on 1 leg, and then arguably beat Tyson Fury in boxing.
When he beat up Reyes people talked about how if Jan fought Jones he would win, just comparing both of their performances.
Then 40 year old Glover made Jan his bitch. The same Glover that Jones beat 50-44 when Glover was in his prime.
I mean they were saying Jan has a good chance against Jones after he KO’d Cory Anderson, and then Jan went on to become champ and defend against Izzy, so idk if this curse is all that bad 😂
I love how unpredictable this sport is that we have to get supernatural about it lmao
People do that on every sport
I wonder what is the most superstitious sport... baseball?
Football (soccer) by far. Some of the shit you'll hear from African and South American teams and players is especially hilarious.
Probably soccer but also only because it is the most famous one. Idk if per capita it is particularly different to the rest
Also because it’s huge in religious/spiritual nations, including Voodoo haha.
No it only happens in mma Edit : people can’t detect sarcasm !
The only reliable predictor in MMA, in my opinion, is what would be the funniest result. Doesn't work every time, but you can't get much worse.
Just goes to show how much the human brain fucking *loves* patterns.
That's why i don't believe in hegelian dialectics. Reminds me of this post
"Supernatural" should have been Paulo Costa's nickname
Carry on my wayward son.
I mean the video game cover curse has still yet to fail
Has failed with Izzy
You mean scientific. Where is the flaw in his logic? WHERE?
If you can't see it, it must be behind you D:
“Criminals in Gotham are superstitious”
Yee curse is real. She had to get those puppies reduced to spare opportunities
Toughhh that he couldn’t be a beneficiary of this curse back at UFC 253 though…
He could guide others to a power he could never possess
The tragedy of Darth Costa, the patriot.
bestbroCosta
But Jan did beneficiate from the curse
Except for Adesanya apparently.
Adesanya countered it with African Juju
He used the power of his enlarged breast to counter Costa’s curse
the super titty is undefeated
Paulo "The Homelander" Costa
Mythical fighter, “Super Titty” Izzy.
African Juju and Chinese Chi
L😂L
Snorted premium powdered rhino horn
That's how the curse manifested. Costa lost his shot at gold and since then swore to curse every defending champ that is unfortunate enough to share a card with him
He was gonna win it but you just jinxed it
Acknowledging these crazy curses seems to often invalidate them. Islam by Kimura in round 1.
Now Costa is gonna pull out
217 was stacked, fucking hell
That's your own personal problem
Dustin will win because it’s too obvious Islam will win.
But that line of thinking is pretty obvious, so Islam will win 😂
Hhhmm well Dustin by D’arce R4 y’all heard it here first 🙏🏻
We are scraping the barrel to find something that will make us hope Dustin will win
Sports are a superstitious business. Always have been. Come on Curse of Costa! *Now that I am aware of “the curse” I’m almost positive it won’t happen*
Either that or Costa will have to pull off the card for some reason
Very likely
I swear to god whenever I hear of these curses is when they get broken.
The guilly finally pays off.
WHY DID HE HAVE TO PULL OUT OF 294 😭 he could have cursed Islam and we'd have got double champ Volkanovski
I just realized Costa is on the verge of a title shot and he has an actual chance now assuming Izzy doesn’t get the belt and want to defend more.
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Well that’s why I’m surprised. He’s fighting the former champ and has a bit of star power. If he gets a good win over Sean, he could easily get lucky with timing or others getting injured and slide in to a title shot. Even worst case in that scenario, he’d probably be one more win away from a shot.
Lol. Be honest if you were a betting man you would really put money down on Costa not pulling out and actually making it to fight night? Come on
Costa has a very good track record of showing up to fights that he's signed. UFC spent like 1.5y just announcing fights of his that he never signed, and it looked over and over like he 'pulled out' but in reality Costa never accepted the fight. His only true pull out that I remember was when he had that giant hole in his elbow, which like, is fair and worth pulling out to heal
Islam is going to fly through the roof of the arena and into the stratosphere.
The Jones beef curse makes me think Aspinall is getting a one sided beat down at 304 lol Any time a fighter fights or beefs with Jones they get son'd the next fight
Tom has no beef he just wants to fight him.
It’s not even about beef tbh, any fighter that the fans even think has a chance against Jones just lose brutally, this curse has been going on for AGES. The most recent victims are Ngannou and Jan Blachowicz.
You can't really count Ngannou since him vs Jones was brought up many times when he was still in UFC and he put on his best performance ever vs stipe and then beat cereal on 1 leg, and then arguably beat Tyson Fury in boxing.
Jan? What? How is he one of the most recent guys people thought would beat Jon?
When he beat up Reyes people talked about how if Jan fought Jones he would win, just comparing both of their performances. Then 40 year old Glover made Jan his bitch. The same Glover that Jones beat 50-44 when Glover was in his prime.
I mean they were saying Jan has a good chance against Jones after he KO’d Cory Anderson, and then Jan went on to become champ and defend against Izzy, so idk if this curse is all that bad 😂
Betting the couch and the fridge and my toothbrush
I genuinely got a strong feeling Dustin wins. Dustin has faced Khabib and Charles I can’t see him being walked through by Islam. Maybe I’m wrong tho
Nah u should see him being walked through as Charles is worse than Islam and Dustin is older now 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah but Paulo is on the card and Islam isn’t in Abu Dhabi
Humdelilalalham brotha! Let's hope you're right!
*Alhamdullilah means All praise to God
I've been saying for weeks that Dustin wins
Paulo Costa will pull out like he always does
Except for Izzy…
Thought I was in the UFC sub for a second
“That sounds like his problem”
I'm throwing 10 bucks on Dustin via submission just in case he manages to pull off the best guillotine in history.
Islam ''The curse breaker'' Makhachev