Jared Cannonier would have liked to battle Paulo Costa, however the battle deal came too quickly.
Cannonier (17-6 MMA, 10-6 UFC) tore his MCL which required him to withdraw from his arranged bout versus Roman Dolidze this past December at UFC on ESPN 52.
His next battle deal came versus Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 301 occasion in Rio, however that would haveactually been too fast of a turn-around for Cannonier.
“Initially, they provided me a battle with Paulo Costa at UFC 301,” Cannonier informed Middle Easy. “I wasn’t going to be cleared upuntil like the end of March. That would have simply been like a one-month camp to get allset to get back to competitors.
“I didn’t desire to dive right back into competitors without havingactually been training whatever I requirement to be training leading up to getting a battle arranged. I wasn’t truly grappl