Paulo Costa faced what he described as 'maybe the worst moment' of his career ahead of UFC 318. He won by unanimous decision against Roman Kopylov but acknowledged his need to rebuild confidence after a poor record of 1-4 in his last five fights. Costa reflects on past losses, including a title shot against Israel Adesanya, noting personal issues like lack of sleep from time zone changes as factors impacting his performance and recognizes that he was not in optimal condition, even mentioning drinking before the fight.
Kopylov, he's a great fighter, he's top-level, award-level, high-level striking. My confidence, I need to work more on that, because this is the first fight after these two losses.
I don't count that loss to Adesanya because I don't want to take credit from him, but man, I was [not sleeping], I was in Abu Dhabi.
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