Eric Nixick, coach of former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland, shared his opinion on the skills of his mentee's closest rival Paula Costa.
"Paulo is a threat when he drives you to the net. I think he lives up to his nickname 'The Eraser' - he tries to knock everyone out. So it's going to be important for Sean not to let Kosta drive himself to the net, and he's very good at that, moving all the time.
In Paulo's fight with Whittaker, you could see that he hits his leg kicks at unexpected angles, and very fast at that. So Sean will not be allowed to tilt and generally linger in dangerous positions," - quotes the specialist MMA Mania.
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Recall that Strickland and Costa will fight on June 1 as part of the UFC 302 tournament in Newark, USA.
