Paulo Costa agrees to new four-fight UFC deal, wants Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev in 2023

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Paulo Costa isn’t going anywhere.

The UFC middleweight contender announced Wednesday in an interview with PVT that he has agreed to a new four-fight UFC deal.

Costa has complained for months about his pay, which he referred as “ridiculous” and an “unfair” purse. He said he realized that “only saying ‘yes’ [to the UFC] wasn’t working.”

Now managed by his girlfriend Tamara Alves, Costa said he has finally reached a number that convinced him to re-sign.