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Danny Segura and Ken Hathaway

Paulo Costa: Luke Rockhold’s blood smearing at UFC 278 was a ‘very disgusting’ and ‘weird moment’

SALT LAKE CITY – Paulo Costa didn’t appreciate Luke Rockhold smearing blood all over his face to end their wild fight this past Saturday.

The former middleweight title challenger left UFC 278 a bloody mess, but it wasn’t his own blood. In the final seconds of the co-main event in Salt Lake City, Rockhold (16-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) reversed a position on the ground and ended up on top of Costa (14-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC). It was then that Rockhold decided to purposely cover Costa’s face with blood leaking from his nose. It was a graphic scene, to say the least.

Costa didn’t realize what was going on at the moment, but said he definitely felt it.

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