UFC fighter Paulo Costa has come under fire after celebrating Donald Trump’s election victory over Kamala Harris with a vile sexist message on social media.
Trump completed one of the most astonishing political comebacks of all time earlier this week after defeating Harris in the election, becoming only the second president in history to return for a non-consecutive second term.
In the aftermath of his resounding victory, Costa – a former UFC middleweight title contender – praised the 78-year-old for preventing America from having its first female president for the second time, after Harris suffered the same fate as Hillary Clinton in the 2011 elections. 2016.
And the Brazilian’s festive message also included a sickening comment about women being ‘just for sex’.
Alongside a photo of Trump, who is good friends with UFC president Dana White, Costa wrote on X: “Bro stopped America from having a female president TWICE. Woman only for sex, never forget that.’
UFC fighter Paulo Costa (left) celebrated Donald Trump’s election victory with a vile sexist comment
Costa claimed women are ‘just for sex’ after praising Trump for blocking a female president
Kamala Harris failed to become America’s first female president in this week’s elections
On Instagram, the MMA star shared the same version of the message, but with “let’s keep women at home” instead of “woman only for sex.”
Fans were left stunned by Costa’s offensive statement, with one replying: ‘Delete this tweet bro’.
Another commented: ‘Disappointed and blocked’.
One furious user wrote: ‘Man, if I were you…I’d shut up. Women are only for sex? What would your mother say about that? You are a *** fighter and a *** person. Respect the mothers, daughters and sisters of the world, you piece of shit.
While a fourth asked him: ‘Is this supposed to be funny?’
Costa, whose last UFC outing ended in a loss to Sean Strickland last summer, was accused of assaulting a female nurse in 2022 amid a dispute over Covid-19.
The 33-year-old allegedly punched the nurse after she denied him an immunization card for the COVID-19 vaccine, although no charges were ever filed.
Costa claimed he had “facts and evidence that this accusation is false, that it was an attempt to harm me.”