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Renzo Gracie revealed that he loaned his Abu Dhabi apartment to Paulo Costa and his team ahead of UFC 294.
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“He was using four rooms in a local hotel with his team, and I told him to stay in my apartment,” Gracie said.
Gracie also told Sherdog.com that Costa recently underwent surgery for an injury on his elbow but guaranteed that the Brazilian’s fight with Khamzat Chimaev would still proceed as planned.
“Costa had a little problem on his elbow that required a small surgery,” Gracie said. “But everything is fine now, and later this week he is returning to the normal training. ‘Borrachinha’ brought an excellent team of [sparring partners] to help him there. [Eric] Albarracin brought two wrestlers from Uzbequistan.”
Shortly thereafter, Albarracin sent a message to Sherdog.com correcting Gracie on the nationalities of Costa’s training partners.
“Actually we brought wrestlers from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan,” Albarracin wrote. “Also, Brazilian Douglas ‘Blade’ Rodriguez is here with us.”
Costa will face Chimaev at UFC 294 in a featured middleweight bout at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 21.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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