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LAS VEGAS – Melquizael Costa beat Austin Lingo with a unanimous determination Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 49 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the struggle with Costa, who bounced again from a January loss to Thiago Moises in his UFC debut.
Costa on the struggle’s key second
Melquizael Costa vs. Austin Lingo
“I’ve a really sturdy kick and we educated that lots. My grasp all the time tells me to simply maintain going with that they usually had been telling me to kick him. Once I began to kick him, this man is hard and he wouldn’t go down. I’ve to take my hat off him. He’s actually robust.”
Costa on his blue-dyed hair
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 15: (L-R) Melquizael Costa of Brazil punches Austin Lingo of their featherweight struggle through the UFC Combat Evening at UFC APEX on July 15, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
“It is a trigger that’s very pricey to me. I’ve all the time had a pores and skin situation ever since I used to be a child. It’s one thing that I like to lift consciousness for.”
Costa on what he needs subsequent
Melquizael Costa
“I’m very enthusiastic about that occasion in Brazil. If anyone needs to return out and brawl, that’s how I wish to go at it. I wish to go at it whether or not standing up or on the bottom. If there’s a loopy dude that desires to go at it, let’s do it. We’re prepared.”
To listen to extra from Costa, try the video of the complete post-fight interview above.
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