NEW ORLEANS – Paulo Costa has seen better days, but Roman Kopylov still considers him to be at elite level.

In the co-main event of UFC 318, we are going to see a fun middleweight matchup between two ranked contenders. Former title challenger and 13th ranked Paulo

Dustin Poirier joins Aaron Bronsteter to discuss his upcoming UFC 318 bout, which he announced would be the ... including a middleweight matchup between strikers Paulo Costa and Roman Kopylov. All 28 fighters scheduled to compete on the 14-bout card ...

The entire UFC 318 main card, along with Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier, had faceoffs at the press conference.

Paulo “The Eraser” Costa returns to the Octagon at UFC 318 to face the rising and dangerous middleweight contender Roman Kopylov. You would imagine that Costa (14-4) will look to approach this fight with urgency,