“THE BLOOD SMEARING,” Conor McGregor and pros react to Paulo Costa and Luke Rockhold’s BLOODY entertaining fight at UFC 278

“THE BLOOD SMEARING,” Conor McGregor and pros react to Paulo Costa and Luke Rockhold’s BLOODY entertaining fight at UFC 278

Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold

While Paulo Costa got to secure a dominant victory for the first time over a former UFC champion, Luke Rockhold, he just decided to conclude his legacy in the most legendary way possible. In a 15-minute war where Rockhold showed a clear disadvantage in pace and stamina, the former UFC champion came out hitting Costa with simple roundhouse kicks, question mark kicks and a tornado kick as well. In the end, it was just Rockhold and his chin left to prove how manly he is as a fighter and why he was the champion of the world at one point in time.

For Costa, he just got his first victory after nearly 2 years, he is pretty sure back being close to if not in a conversation for another title shot in his career. But speaking of cementing Rockhold’s career, the man is the former Strikeforce Middleweight champion, the former UFC champion and has secured wins in his career over the likes of Lyoto Machida, Michael Bisping, Chris Weidman Ronaldo Souza, Tim Kennedy, Tim Boetsch, David Branch and many more.

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Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold at UFC 279
Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold at UFC 278

The final round involved a brutal moment where Rockhold was seen rubbing his bloodied face all over Costa’s face in the final seconds. The reactions were reflected half the audience getting crept and the rest half getting worked up and entertained. Watch the reactions below from all over Twitter from the professionals such as Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, Ariel Helwani, Teddy Atlas, Conor McGregor and many more.

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1561203437877882881

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What did you make of the fans’ and pros’ reactions to Rockhold vs Costa? Where do you put Rockhold amongst the best fighters of their time? Who do you think Costa should fight next in order to get closer to the title shot? The UFC middleweight division is getting excited with each and every bout and next, we got a scrap between former 185 lbs champion Robert Whittaker and former title challenger Marvin Vettori.

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