Kosta was banned from appearing at UFC 319

“I wanted to go to the tournament in Chicago. We agreed on this with UFC after the fight with Roman Kopylov. But a few days before the tournament, I received a call from the promotion and they said: „Paulo, you shouldn’t go anywhere. Chimaev will bring more than 20 people for security“. Can you imagine? He always walks with security. UFC said they didn’t want us to meet in the arena,” Kosta said in Ariel Helwani’s podcast.