IM GOING TO THE MMA! [STEVEN DA COSTA INTERVIEW]

It would also be necessary, no doubt, to move to Paris to join a "big" room and maximize learning and sparring sessions as quickly as possible. Not ideal for those who feel so at home, in Mont-Saint-Martin, in Meurthe-et-Moselle. "In fact, what blocks me the most is that," he admits. Quite the opposite of the scholarships promised in MMA which would change from a karate where the money does not fall en masse. “You surprise me…”, he laughs. If he thinks about this transition, it is also and above all that his Grail has disappeared. Forever the first. But also the last. On August 5, 2021, in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Da Costa ignited France and realized his dream by winning the -67 kg final to become the first Olympic champion in the history of karate. SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS!