Paulo Costa's Girlfriend, Tamara Alves, Is Floored by His Dedication to MMA

Paul Costa has been in a committed courting with his longtime female friend, Tamara Alves, since 2013. Keep reading to be told more about her.

There are fewer things more attractive than a person who's going nuts to make their desires come true. There are songs written about it, motion pictures made on the topic, and great novels that extol the virtues of persevering within the face of hardship. While every unmarried "arena" in existence has this phenomenon, probably the most literal example of fighting in your goals is within the combat sport. And Paulo Costa's girlfriend, Tamara Alves is super impressed with how viciously he is pursuing his.

Paulo Costa met his female friend in 2013.

Tamara first realized of Paulo from her cousin — who was coaching at an MMA fitness center — who informed her that there was a particularly driven and good-looking younger guy who practiced there. She ended up visiting the fitness center the day of a jiu-jitsu event and while she noticed him, they did not actually communicate all that a lot as she stated he was once extraordinarily focused on the activity handy: profitable his matches.

The extra she asked round about Paulo, the more recognize she heard poured on his title by other opponents. She wondered if he was in point of fact all that excellent or if the folk gassing him up just did not know other pugilists all that smartly. "But that day he impressed me," she said of their assembly. "You saw in his face that he was so cool, and you didn't see that in anyone else. That night, there was a party for the gym staff and we met there. He asked my friend for my number, didn't even ask me."

She talked extra about his work ethic and champion angle: "Paulo does not go 50 percent or 80 percent. When his mother and I go and watch him spar, we feel like crying because he leaves everything out there. That is something that people don't see. I don't think he will become a champion, I know. I've never seen anyone go after their dreams like he does. I don't see his life ending without this," as consistent with ESPN.

Paulo Costa fights UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya tonight.

The hulking 185-er cuts a loopy amount of weight in order to make the mark, which lead many other people to think that he would tire out over the process a number of rounds. However, his choice win over Yoel Romero proved that he now not simplest has a gasoline tank for more than one rounds, but that he may just struggle at a prime pace for the whole lot of a bout.

Famous UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen also had not anything however reward for Paulo Costa, whom he coached on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil. Paulo misplaced his bout in the house, which successfully eradicated him from the competition and at a shot at incomes a UFC contract right then and there.

But what impressed Chael was once the fact was that Paulo by no means gave up and applied his opportunity on the program to acquire as a lot wisdom as imaginable.

"He lost his first fight, and you kind of have a couple options when you lose on the show," Chael said. "You can be down and depressed, which is the most common and most logical. It's devastating to have to live in the house and be around the guys who are still chasing the dream once you've been eliminated. Or you can treat it for what it is, which is the best training camp you can ever get, with the finest coaches in the finest facilities. And that's what he did. He worked so hard."

He persisted, "He was very curious. He would come to my team, even though he was on Wanderlei's. He would ask Wanderlei permission and get it, which surprised me because Wanderlei hated everything about me. He would come over and say, 'Can you show me this? Can you explain that?' He did that with everyone, and no one was overly eager to help him because he just seemed like this guy who was in the wrong spot at the wrong time in his life."

Chael said that Paulo would assault the game and each and every training workout with a sense of wonderment and discovery that many warring parties lose after a very long time. His genuine enthusiasm is one thing that, according to his coaches, is something he nonetheless has, which has left an indelible affect on Chael.

He completed by mentioning, "I don't think he was thinking about a world championship at that time, he just really liked the techniques and the different setups. I remember that time in my career, and it goes away. What you like to do becomes what you have to do. But even talking to his coaches now, Paulo hasn't lost that."

We'll see if he can get it finished against Israel Adesanya. It's the first time in a long time that two undefeated combatants are vying for a championship within the UFC.

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