10 UFC Stars Who Deserve Your Attention In 2020
2. Paulo Costa
If you don't know much about Paulo Costa at this point... here's the thing, you'll either love him or absolutely despise him.
As a personality, he's divisive. But, as a fighter, there's no questioning his perfect 13-0 record in MMA.
When he does step inside the Octagon, it isn't usually a case of Costa using his black belt in Jiu-Jitsu to out-grapple his opponent throughout the duration of the fight. Although he has that specialised ability in his back pocket, Costa tends to instead opt to batter his rival with a combination of venomous head kicks, barrages of hefty rights-and-lefts and sickening knee strikes, until they crumble into a heap on the ground.
Watch any of his past TKO victories back and you'll notice that his style of throwing punches in particular resembles a young Mike Tyson swinging for the fences.
If his catalogue of one-sided stoppages weren't enough to note this fighter down as a star to keep an eye on, his unanimous decision victory over one of the toughest fighters in UFC history (Yoel Romero) should definitely be enough to pique your interest in the Brazilian.
He is now set to eventually take on whoever is UFC Middleweight champion after Romero and Israel Adesanya's title fight at UFC 248, when he fully recovers from injury. So, do yourself a favour and make sure to keep tabs on Costa, as the cocky undefeated 'Eraser' may be on his way to the very top soon enough.