UFC’s Alessandro Costa goals to cease Matt Schnell, earn rankings spot

Alessandro Costa sees himself as a giant 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 – one of the seasoned fighters within the 125-pound division. Costa believes a win over Schnell (16-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) needs to be greater than sufficient to get him within the official UFC rankings, particularly if he will get a stoppage.

“In fact, I’m preventing for a spot within the rankings,” Costa informed MMA Junkie in Spanish. “I consider he’s ranked 11 or 12. Both means, that’s a superb place. I’m positive that if I beat him, I’ll enter the rankings.

“I simply have my doubts concerning the place – whether or not will probably be prime 15 or prime 10. However I’m assured that, with a win, I’ll enter the rankings, which is my aim for this 12 months. That’s what I had deliberate. I needed to coach properly, make sensible strikes and never take that many short-notice fights and enter the rankings, so sooner or later I can combat for the title.”

Costa is 2-1 in his previous three outings, along with his lone loss coming in a detailed 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 in addition put away Schnell.

“He’s a tricky and really skilled fighter within the UFC, however we’ve additionally observed 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 as a result of these holes,” Costa defined. “In fact, he’s harmful, as properly. He’s proven that in his fights. He’s somebody that exposes himself however can also be very harmful. We put collectively a superb technique for his fashion, and I’m assured in my plan.”