One of the most highly-anticipated fights at UFC 284 is apparently
not yet official.
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While the Las Vegas-based promotion announced a middleweight bout
between Paulo Costa
and Robert
Whittaker for Perth last month, Costa revealed in an interview
with
AgFight that he has not received a contract from the UFC as of
yet. According to Costa, he had a meeting with UFC chief business
officer Hunter
Campbell about renewing his deal with the organization, but his
request for an increase in pay was not met.
“They recognized the current value is wrong and promised to give me
feedback,” Costa said.
During the interview, Costa also revealed that his lawyers who are
handling the contract told him to consider that possibility that he
might not fulfill the last fight on the deal.
“There is one fight left, but the contract can also be finished
[over a certain period of time],” he said. “I truly hope we can
come to an agreement because I would love to face the No. 1 ranked
opponent in my division, but for now I can just say anything can
happen.”