UFC’s Alessandro Costa aims to stop Matt Schnell, earn rankings spot

Alessandro Costa sees himself as an enormous participant within the UFC flyweight division. Quickly, he believes he’ll show that to the world.

Costa (14-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) returns to the cage Sept. 7 in Las Vegas to face Matt Schnell – some of the seasoned fighters within the 125-pound division. Costa believes a win over Schnell (16-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) ought to be greater than sufficient to get him within the official UFC rankings, particularly if he will get a stoppage.

“After all, I’m preventing for a spot within the rankings,” Costa advised MMA Junkie in Spanish. “I consider he’s ranked 11 or 12. Both manner, that’s place. I’m certain that if I beat him, I’ll enter the rankings.

“I simply have my doubts concerning the place – whether or not will probably be high 15 or high 10. However I’m assured that, with a win, I’ll enter the rankings, which is my aim for this yr. That’s what I had deliberate. I needed to coach properly, make good strikes and never take that many short-notice fights and enter the rankings, so sooner or later I can battle for the title.”

Costa is 2-1 in his previous three outings, together with his lone loss coming in an in depth choice in opposition to former UFC title challenger Steve Erceg. In his most up-to-date outing again in Might, Costa picked up a second-round TKO over Peru’s Kevin Borjas.

He’s assured he can maintain the momentum going and likewise put away Schnell.

“He’s a troublesome and really skilled fighter within the UFC, however we’ve additionally seen that he has many holes in his sport, and I’m going to benefit from that so I can search for the knockout or submission because of these holes,” Costa defined. “After all, he’s harmful, as properly. He’s proven that in his fights. He’s somebody that exposes himself however can be very harmful. We put collectively technique for his fashion, and I’m assured in my plan.”