Paulo Costa says he's fighting Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 128 in Atlantic City

It looks like Uriah Hall will be back this spring – a few months after suffering medical issues that sent him to the hospital ahead of weigh-ins for a scheduled January fight.

Those issues, Hall said, were a “mini-seizure” and “slight heart attack” during his weight cut for UFC Fight Night 125 in St. Louis. Hall was pulled from his fight against Vitor Belfort and criticized by UFC President Dana White.

Despite talk that he should move up to light heavyweight, Hall (13-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) will remain at middleweight to take on Paulo Costa (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 128. Costa announced the fight on his social media channels today. UFC officials have not yet made a formal announcement of the booking, which first was reported by themmatakeover.com.

UFC Fight Night 128 will take place April 21 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The main card will air on FS1 following prelims on FS2 and UFC Fight Pass.

Hall was trying to make it two straight with his booking against Belfort in January before his medical incident. At UFC Fight Night 116 in Pittsburgh this past September, he picked up a performance bonus for a second-round knockout of Krzysztof Jotko. That snapped a three-fight skid that saw him drop a decision to Robert Whittaker and suffer first-round TKOs against Derek Brunson and Gegard Mousasi in 2016.

Paulo Costa

Costa stayed perfect this past November with a second-round TKO of former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks at UFC 217 in New York. It was his third TKO finish in three UFC fights.

He debuted with the promotion nearly a year ago in his native Brazil and picked up a $50,000 bonus for a first-round TKO of Garreth McLellan. That gave him nine first-round stoppages in his first nine pro fights, with eight coming by knockout or TKO. He had to go to the second round for a TKO of Oluwale Bamgbose at UFC 212 this past June in Rio de Janeiro before making his first trip for a fight in the U.S. against Hendricks.

With the addition, the latest UFC Fight Night 128 card includes:

• Edson Barboza vs. Kevin Lee
• Aspen Ladd vs. Leslie Smith
• Merab Dvalishvili vs. Augusto Mendes
• Magomed Bibulatov vs. Ulka Sasaki
• David Branch vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos
• Corey Anderson vs. Patrick Cummins
• Brett Johns vs. Aljamain Sterling
• Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Luan Chagas
• Dan Hooker vs. Jim Miller
• Alex Garcia vs. Ryan LaFlare
• Paulo Costa vs. Uriah Hall

For more on UFC Fight Night 128, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

It looks like Uriah Hall will be back this spring – a few months after suffering medical issues that sent him to the hospital ahead of weigh-ins for a scheduled January fight.