Paulo Costa Weight Loss - Grab All the Details!

Grab all the details on the weight loss of Brazilian professional mixed martial artist Paulo Costa.

Paulo Costa is a well-known Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He ranked number 2 in the UFC middleweight rankings as of March 9, 2020.

Paulo Costa was concerned about the weight requirement he needed to meet in order to face Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title, in which the competitors must weight 185 pounds. Both of the fighters were so far undefeated with a combined record of 32 wins and no losses in their professional MMA careers until the fight that took in Saturday saw Paula lose to Israel. 

Regardless, Paulo Costa did manage to meet the weight requirement after going through an intense weight loss procedure, details of which we have compiled below.

Paulo Costa Weight Loss Details

Paulo Costa recently shared his weight loss processes in a video on his YouTube channel, according to a report by Essentially Sports. At the start of his weight loss, he weighed 212.5 pounds, so he had to lose 27.5 pounds for the fight. But he managed to drop to 185 pounds after just ten days of intense weight loss.

Paulo Costa dropped 27.5 pounds for his fight against Israel Adesanya.
Source: EssentiallySports

But due to the current coronavirus pandemic, it was relatively difficult for Paulo Costa to train and workout to drop pounds. In regards to his situation, he said this: 'We are used to doing things one way and this pandemic thing ruins everything. You can't train the way you're used to. I brought all my supplements and equipment to lose weight, but without my coaches, it's hard. I have no access to them.' But he did manage somehow to meet the standards just before the main fight.

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Costa started his weight loss by training on the cycling machine for an hour. Doing so the next day, he became 4.2 pounds lighter as he measured 208.3 pounds. He continued his training on the cycling machine throughout the remained of his days, which helped him drop weight parts by parts until he reached 185 pounds.

Paulo Costa's Early Life

Paulo Costa was born on April 21, 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to Carlos Roberto and Maria Augusta. His siblings include only his older brother Carlos Costa, who is a former mixed martial artist and also one of Paulo's coaches. Paulo spent his childhood in Contagem, where he played soccer and also learned Muay Thai at nine years old, which he felt necessary to avoid street fights that frequently occurred around the area he lived in.

Paulo Costa was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Source: MMA Fighting

In his teenage years, Paulo Costa joined a jiu-jitsu gym, but he left it at the age of 17 when his father died of throat cancer. A couple of years later, he returned to the gym and began training under his brother.

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