Costa announces matchup vs. Hall at UFC Atlantic City
A middleweight matchup is headed to the Garden State.
Paulo Costa - formerly known as "Borrachinha" - announced Friday on Twitter he'll be facing Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 128 on April 21 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. MMA TakeOver first reported the matchup.
The undefeated 26-year-old made his promotional debut in 2017, winning all three of his UFC bouts by TKO. Costa most recently dispatched Johny Hendricks in under two rounds at UFC 217 in November, and has yet to hear the final horn in 11 professional bouts.
Hall returns to action after an alarming health scare scrapped a January date with Vitor Belfort at the 11th hour. The 33-year-old passed out on his way to the scale for the UFC Fight Night 124 matchup, and later revealed he'd suffered a seizure and a "slight heart attack" during the ordeal, with an attending physician telling him he might have died if he'd made it to the scale. Still, Hall will now vie for his second straight victory after scoring a comeback second-round knockout of Krzysztof Jotko at UFC Fight Night 116 in September.
Headlining the April card is a lightweight tilt between Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee.