Melquizael Costa flew to Seattle to choke out Andre Fili in underneath 5 minutes in February.
He landed in Mexico Metropolis weeks later and received a choice towards Christian Rodriguez.
This Saturday, Costa locks horns with Julian Erosa in Las Vegas as he appears to go 3-0 in a span of 85 days, simply at some point greater than a private document from his early MMA days in Brazil.
“The one factor that sucks is the load reduce,” Costa informed MMA Preventing forward of UFC Vegas 106. “If it wasn’t for that I may battle each weekend, just like the Thai. I already thought of going up in weight [to do that]. I’m positive I’ll transfer up, it received’t take lengthy, however I feel I nonetheless have two of three years left at 145 to do some injury, win the belt, beat all people up after which transfer as much as 155.”
Costa was preventing as a light-weight underneath the LFA banner when he acquired a last-minute name to face Thiago Moises at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro, a match he misplaced by way of second-round knockout. He beat Austin Lingo at featherweight six months later, and once more fought at light-weight, dropping to Steve Garcia. Since then, he’s received three straight at featherweight with a pair of finishes to his credit score.
“The most important problem for me is the load reduce,” Costa mentioned of being so energetic. “I’ve managed to vary my weight-reduction plan and my weight is approach lighter than earlier than but it surely’s nonetheless rather a lot to chop. The physique all the time goes again up after the reduce. As for the battle itself, thank God I wasn’t injured in any of those [recent] fights. I like being this energetic.”
Costa sees Erosa as being virtually too massive for featherweight and expects him to vary weight courses ultimately. And going for a trio of octagon appearances in lower than three months doesn’t sound that unhealthy as a result of Erosa truly fought extra not too long ago, ending Darren Elkins on April 12.
“I took this battle as a result of Julian Erosa fought after me” Costa mentioned. “If it was somebody who had like three months to organize, I don’t suppose I’d have taken it. [I’d have said] ‘Let me get some relaxation.’ Nah, I’m mendacity, I feel it’d nonetheless have taken it [laughs]. However it’s an excellent factor that Julian Erosa fought after me, you understand?”
Erosa has received 9 of 16 octagon appearances with six finishes, stopping his final three opponents within a spherical. Costa likes the matchup stylistically, and expects his opponent for shoot for takedowns.
“It’s going to be enjoyable as a result of he walks ahead and likes to commerce on the ft,” Costa mentioned. “He has good guillotine identical to me, so let’s see who locks it first. He’s a giant man however doesn’t use that attain. He likes to shut the space, you understand? We’ll commerce kicks and ultimately he’ll attempt to take me down. Everyone does, man. Ultimately, all people needs to take me to the bottom [laughs]. If he goes to the bottom he’s useless, man. That’s my space.”
