Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold | Free Fight | UFC 302

Paulo Costa takes on Sean Strickland in the co-main event at UFC 302 on June 2, 2024. 

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you ready to fight you ready to fight
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go rockold out of the southp Dan in
Black Pao Costa Orthodox in
white and you know rockold skill for
skill he’s as good as anyone no doubt
and if he can get this fight to the
ground you got to give Rocko the
advantage in in the grapple but it’s the
power of tasta oh he hurt
there Costa’s Landing these strikes from
a
clinch they were big shots too seems
like perhaps rockold wants to try to
take the fight down as he should because
Costa is so powerful in
explosive like I said the way he
attacked Romero was crazy nobody goes at
Romero like that this guy’s H big left
from
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Costa wow CA takes Luke down and this is
okay for Rock This is actually good for
rockle because he wants this fight on
the ground but Costa in top position if
he can posture he can generate some
really good
power just the second takedown of Paulo
Costa’s now eight-fight UFC career
and now Kasa starting to
posture Lucas got one butterfly and he
needs to try to get that second one into
play and Elevate Costa or at least lock
down half
guard he’s controlling posture here at
least go
cson doing a really good job with his
top
pressure doing a good job of laying the
strikes to the body Rockwood has his
guard open Rockwood needs to try to
advance defensively he can’t sit here on
the Costa that’s a nice elbow to the
midsection there by Costa Costa moves
some
Mounds Luke is going to try to sneak out
oh Luke’s in real
trouble oh Guillotine Guillotine here
K good job by Costa
po that was a smooth transition by CA to
the Mount there very interesting that
Costa has decided to take this fight to
the
ground but if you believe that Costa is
going to gas this is Works to your
advantage it’s great to put him in a
position where he’s really using muscles
that he doesn’t generally use the side
of Def o Theon big body shots from Costa
making him count here on the ground he
moved to mount again it’s amazing how
effortlessly he’s moving in these
positions on
rockle rockold exploded he’s going to
sneak out the back door nicely done by
rockold
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now a Furious start as expected coming
up on 90 seconds to go on the r really
high paac to start this
fight and if you’re rockle you start
stabbing things up the middle trying to
attack the body of Costa yep there it is
right
there Luke has one of the best question
mark kicks in the game here’s a good
kick to the body in two three
four power kicks from Luke rockold
rockold looks tired though yeah his
mouth wide open seems like the blood in
his nose having a real problem well his
mouth’s open cuz he can’t breathe out of
his nose right now it’s pouring blood
yeah and those shots in the body that he
ate on the ground are certainly not
helping no C is doing a really good job
of him you have s body
shots but you got to think those kicks
at Luke hit look at this he’s really
good at that wizard kick as a take down
but he doesn’t have the energy right now
to do it and rock hols breathing really
compromised back to work though with
that liver kick another Power kick from
the left
side good connection there late in the
round by rockold
round one
down wow that’s not good Ro go hard all
right gentlemen second round you in to
fight you in to fight Happ go well Jason
pillo doing his able best to Center his
pupil we’ll see if
rockold can get a gold here that’ll
help rockold wouldn’t sit between
rounds rockold is coming out guns blaz
big kick to the body by oh he got hurt
there he’s got his hands locked here
he’s got to get to a
corner rco gets a take off oh he got
excited he got excited he rushed and now
ca’s got his
back great wherewithal by Costa to
expeditiously get back to his feet blood
is pouring from Rocko
Nos and he’s grimacing
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body shot from Costa rockold
circles oh nice left hand there good
check right hook there by rockold land
too but good Left Hand by Costa or right
hand by
Costa rock is exhausted I don’t think
I’ve ever seen him this
time kick to the
body blood
rco talked a lot about recovery yep and
is training but it’s it really is
failing him right now well he also
hasn’t touched down on this octagon
since 20199 and the altitude being up in
Utah what’s the C
oh 360 roundhouse kick that’s a big
movement
though
oh Rock stung him there with that left
hand that left hand straight down the
middle and now Costa with some swelling
at a cut under his left
eye rockold showing a lot of heart here
about 3 minutes to go in the round well
he can still explode I mean he’s
exhausted but he still has the
capability of launching powerful shots
well the thing is he can also see Costa
strikes a little bit because Costa’s
fatigue
ooh oh nice right hand from rockle now
crocod is throwing his shots too big
though maybe he should throw things that
don’t big that’s not good no and that
motor that just gives Costa Costa almost
smiles when he sees that great kick to
the leg
there rockold skills look pretty good
but he’s fatiguing Costa needs to
pressure
it if you’re Costa you may go get
another take
down watch your fingers you good time
you okay it’s St what happened nut shot
he P it but if I’m TOS I’m like no I
don’t want to break watch your fingers
look look at me Luke hey watch your
fingers all right just keep it clean all
right bring it in you guys bring it in
Shake Hands let’s go ready
fight that body kick from Paulo Costa
has been
money Rock hole now goes High just over
2 minutes to go and Costa back to work
on the body
Luke still has that powerful it’s still
fast I mean he looks exhausted but he
can still explode with those powerful
shot oh barely missed that kick and man
Rock’s body language not
good interruption in the action here
that is not the end of the fight this
hit was an illegal blow what happened I
say I think he said he hit him low stay
right here L stay right
here what happened GR L blow low blow oh
yeah oh yeah oh yeah punch right on the
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C got you got time you understand all
right take all the time you got time
take all the
time so as many of you know has five
minutes this is the altitude as much as
the pressure yes fighting a great fight
bu he’s tired but if you’re rock you
take the time you take the whole five
minutes we saw that earlier tonight A
guy got up way too early Woodson take
your time relax before you go fight work
it out work it
out but
CA I don’t believe that CA threw this
intentionally he was trying to dig to
the body right understanding that he’s
got a wounded animal in front of him so
he tries to go to the body and it went
low over there dude
L they want him in the neutral
Corner are you ready which technically
is neutral but it puts him closer to his
coaches you okay yes all
right bring it in Jason poo trying to
acknowledge I’m Waring you both of you
guys keep it clean you understand
fingers low blows not having that
let’s go fight all right back underway
pillo trying to let Luke know that Costa
is maybe just as tired
even though he would not appear to be
quite as fatigued he looked very
fatigued when he was sitting down he did
but when they get back to their feet
though CA is the one that’s advancing
and it’s much easier to be the advancing
party than the guy that’s going
backwards yes this is why it’s also
fatiguing Rock a little bit more because
he’s backing up the whole time trying to
avoid the attacks of
pauloa look setting up that high kick
both of these guys are throwing
everything with so much power that’s why
they’re fatiguing themselves nothing is
is just to touch everything’s to finish
the fight
yep spinning back
kick Luke looks like he’s got some more
peping step
now far more kicks than punches
beautiful Lo by PA Costa right across
the front of the
legs and I love that cost going to the
body when you know a guy’s tired you
keep digging to the body nothing
fatigues him
more probably that is he’s got to be
careful in the check right hook from
Rock oh what a body kick by Costa that’s
nasty and rock H tries to respond with
his offense immediately but the body
language not great rockold wants to put
his hands on his
knees yeah he wants to take a break and
he’s going
but in a round in which he’s had his
moments that is not a great visual Costa
pressing forward more body kicks of
yosta third and final round ready fight
you ready to fight H let’s
go and John you said Rocko had moments
but Costa won the first two rounds yes
he has fought very very well cuz in
between those moments that rock had hoc
cost has been advanc he’s been Landing
he landed a massive body kick in that
second round that really did bother Rock
oh oh he’s turning it up as he should
though
yes oh this is huge absolutely huge look
at this oh my goodness he got sloppy yes
he got sloppy he got desperate Rock saw
his chance and got desperate
and that last explosion may be the last
one he has Rockall trying to find a
little bit more gasoline here late in
the
fight oh ni stick with a right by Costa
that got rockold attention right on the
nose oh and now a look for shot by
brck what a fight under four minutes now
to
go but because Rocko’s so tired and
because he’s he’s fighting so weird it’s
hard for CA to attack him in the way
that he wants oh that job we’ve seen
Derrick Lewis do that at times CA needs
to take his time and wait for Luke to
make a mistake like that cuz then
there’s
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openings huge connection for rck now
oh my
God
yeah look like rockold said f you twice
before landing that
shot oh he hit him with a twisting kick
W wild that’s a pressing kick look at
Costa hands dropped 3 minutes to go 3
minutes left in the round as loud as
this Arena has been all night
wow good spaw by Costa big mistake there
by Rocko no reason to take that shot
he’s too tired there’s no chance that he
finishes that on Paul aosta right
now but when you’re this tired you start
to make
mistakes and he was actually having a
good third round yeah he stung him a few
times but as we saw in the fight earlier
the kid felt safer on his back opposed
to being on his feet rock may feel safer
down here opposed to on the feet Thea
right
now cost to maintaining position
here two minutes now to the side the
co-main event they’re talking to each
other cost’s moving in the mou I’m very
surprised at how well Costa has been
able to Grapple with luk from the top
he’s passing those guards pretty
easily Costa now working off the back
the
rockold if Luke can spin and wind up on
top here it would be epic C’s got his
wrist that stops that turn back into
him Rocko’s got a wrist fight on the
other side clear his wrist then rotate
back in the
Costa they’re talking to each other
Paulo telling himself Luke’s cing luk
trying to spin he’s looking to
spin now he’s got his arm out so now
there’s a chance but if he turns and
Polo follows with his right knee he’ll
end up in the
mou this is it Ro can get out
here he just doesn’t have the
energy Costa not much of a submission
threat but dominating here
nonetheless
oh this is
crazy this his crowd and Luke Rocko
feeds off the crowd look at
that he’s driving his blood the B to
face I just had to turn you guys up in
my headset final seconds now this place
is going
insane somehow someway Luke rockold and
Pao Costa Go the Distance all three
judges score this contest 30 7 for the
winner by unanimous decision follow the
eraser
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