Jared Cannonier says UFC initially offered Paulo Costa in Rio, Nassourdine Imavov not what he wanted

Jared Cannonier would have loved to fight Paulo Costa, but the fight offer came too soon.
Cannonier (17-6 MMA, 10-6 UFC) tore his MCL which forced him to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Roman Dolidze this past December at UFC on ESPN 52.
His next fight offer came against Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 301 event in Rio, but that would have been too quick of a turnaround for Cannonier.
“Initially, they offered me a fight with Paulo Costa at UFC 301,&rdqu