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Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

UFC star jokes he’ll use Paddy Pimblett as a nutritionist amid weight-cut fears

UFC star Paulo Costa has joked that he will use Paddy Pimblett's expertise in weigh cutting ahead of his own return to the octagon.

Costa, a former middleweight title contender, weighed in at 204.5lb last time out against Marin Vettori after a late fight week change. The pair had been supposed to fight at 185lb with a one-pound discrepancy, but Costa claims he was injured and unable to make the weight.

And after legendary former world title challenger Chael Sonnen suggested that he expects Costa to miss weight again, the Brazilian took to Twitter to defend himself. He has been mocking Pimblett for his extreme weight fluctuations for weeks, and joked that he would use Pimblett as his nutritionist when he faces Luke Rockhold this summer.

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