SALT LAKE CITY – Luke Rockhold thinks Paulo Costa is a quitter and he plans on breaking him.
Rockhold (16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) meets Costa (13-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 278 co-main event at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
Costa’s most recent outing against Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night 196 took place at 205 pounds after the Brazilian had trouble making the middleweight mark. Costa lost that fight by unanimous decision and Rockhold thinks his inability to handle everything was a sign of weakness.