Paulo Borrachinha/The Eraser Costa appeared recently on the great Submission Radio, ahead of his title shot vs. middleweight champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 253 on September 26, 2020. The pair had a contentious appearance on ESPN SportsCenter, and Costa thinks he got to Adesanya.

“I think I messed with his mind, said Costa. But not because I just talked with him in the same interview on the same Facetime, just because of my persona as a fighter messed with his head. He knows already he’s in trouble. How I can damage him, how I can hit him badly. So, that’s why I think I messed with his mind. I’m not worried about him. He’s good, he’s fast, quick. But I know also he cannot damage me. He cannot inflict a lot of damage on me because I’m stronger than him, and he’s not the kind of guy who comes with a hard punch, just counter punches. So, I’m not worried about him for this fight. But he’s a bunch messed up in his mind for this fight.

I like to think of myself like a real tough guy. Maybe the toughest guy on the planet. Because I train very hard, with two, three guys at the same session training, with very hard hits, very hard punches, very hard kicks for real. 100 percent, I mean. Not just fake, just shadowboxing. No. So, this makes me very prepared to fight in real fights with real opponents like Romero. I am not afraid to get hit, because I did this already in my fight camp for two or three months. So, I’m properly prepared to make it a real fight. So, that’s the difference I think I have between me and Adesanya. He’s fragile. He knows that. He knows he’s fragile. He knows he cannot get two or three very hard hits on his face, on his body. He will be broken. He knows that already because he knocked out two times, with big gloves in kickboxing to a guy named Alex Perreira with big gloves, 14 or 16 oz gloves. Imagine what I can do with him, with his skinny, fragile body with 4 oz on my hands.

I will erase him. I definitely will erase him. Prepare to be erased, Adesanya.

I have just one question, Adesanya, why were you frozen when you faced Romero? You are not a real champion, man, you don’t deserve it, I will kill you.

In an I do not think that means what you think it means moment, Costa also revealed a new nickname.

‘The King of B’ is my nickname on social media, especially on Twitter, said KoB. Because the guys on Twitter, it’s so funny, man. On Twitter you can send memes, you can send GIFs. So that’s why I create this, the funny nickname.