Paulo Costa

Statistic	Paulo Costa
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	58.8%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	6.3
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	6.2
Strike Differential	0.1/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	50.0%
Takedown Defense	80.0%
Takedowns Landed/15min	0.3
Submission Attempts/15min	0.0
Control Time/15min	0:45
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	57.1%
Submission % of Wins	0.0%
Decision % of Wins	42.9%
Avg Fight Time	12:45
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.5
Reversals/15min	0.0

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	59.6%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	5.9
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	6.0
Takedown Accuracy	60.0%
Takedown Defense	80.0%
Control Time/Fight	1:17

WIN

vs. Roman Kopylov

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 • Jul 2025

Paulo Costa99/15962%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:13KD 1

Roman Kopylov48/10446%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	34/54	63%	0/0	0:13	1
	Roman Kopylov	11/27	41%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Paulo Costa	32/57	56%	0/0	0:00	—
	Roman Kopylov	16/32	50%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Paulo Costa	33/48	69%	0/2	0:00	—
	Roman Kopylov	21/45	47%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Sean Strickland

Decision (Split) • Rd 5, 5:00 • UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier • Jun 2024

Paulo Costa158/26659%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Sean Strickland182/40245%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:01

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	31/43	72%	0/0	0:00	—
	Sean Strickland	24/56	43%	0/0	0:01	—

R2	Paulo Costa	32/49	65%	0/0	0:00	—
	Sean Strickland	25/70	36%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Paulo Costa	34/54	63%	0/0	0:00	—
	Sean Strickland	45/83	54%	0/0	0:00	—

R4	Paulo Costa	29/53	55%	0/0	0:00	—
	Sean Strickland	39/88	44%	0/0	0:00	—

R5	Paulo Costa	32/67	48%	0/0	0:00	—
	Sean Strickland	49/105	47%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Robert Whittaker

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria • Feb 2024

Paulo Costa67/15144%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Robert Whittaker95/17554%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	27/49	55%	0/0	0:00	—
	Robert Whittaker	38/62	61%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Paulo Costa	26/54	48%	0/0	0:00	—
	Robert Whittaker	32/55	58%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Paulo Costa	14/48	29%	0/0	0:00	—
	Robert Whittaker	25/58	43%	0/1	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Luke Rockhold

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards • Aug 2022

Paulo Costa73/10371%TD 2/2Ctrl 5:28

Luke Rockhold51/7073%TD 1/4Ctrl 0:47

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	27/34	79%	1/1	2:48	—
	Luke Rockhold	19/23	83%	0/2	0:03	—

R2	Paulo Costa	30/42	71%	1/1	0:17	—
	Luke Rockhold	23/35	66%	1/1	0:12	—

R3	Paulo Costa	16/27	59%	0/0	2:23	—
	Luke Rockhold	9/12	75%	0/1	0:32	—

LOSS

vs. Marvin Vettori

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00 • UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori • Oct 2021

Paulo Costa163/26063%TD 1/1Ctrl 0:47

Marvin Vettori190/34655%TD 1/5Ctrl 3:27

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	35/53	66%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marvin Vettori	39/68	57%	0/0	0:09	—

R2	Paulo Costa	36/65	55%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marvin Vettori	40/80	50%	1/1	0:22	—

R3	Paulo Costa	17/29	59%	1/1	0:24	—
	Marvin Vettori	31/55	56%	0/0	1:27	—

R4	Paulo Costa	30/47	64%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marvin Vettori	49/81	60%	0/1	0:30	—

R5	Paulo Costa	45/66	68%	0/0	0:23	—
	Marvin Vettori	31/62	50%	0/3	0:59	—

LOSS

vs. Israel Adesanya

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 2, 3:59 • UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa • Sep 2020

Paulo Costa12/2646%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:01

Israel Adesanya55/8465%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:09KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	7/11	64%	0/0	0:01	—
	Israel Adesanya	22/37	59%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Paulo Costa	5/15	33%	0/0	0:00	—
	Israel Adesanya	33/47	70%	0/0	0:09	1

WIN

vs. Yoel Romero

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 • Aug 2019

Paulo Costa118/21355%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:06KD 1

Yoel Romero125/28444%TD 1/4Ctrl 0:12KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	37/69	54%	0/0	0:04	1
	Yoel Romero	32/69	46%	0/2	0:06	1

R2	Paulo Costa	37/71	52%	0/0	0:00	—
	Yoel Romero	40/91	44%	1/1	0:01	—

R3	Paulo Costa	44/73	60%	0/0	0:02	—
	Yoel Romero	53/124	43%	0/1	0:05	—

WIN

vs. Uriah Hall

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 2:38 • UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier • Jul 2018

Paulo Costa75/11665%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:08KD 1

Uriah Hall58/12248%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:03

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	42/69	61%	0/0	0:07	—
	Uriah Hall	34/77	44%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Paulo Costa	33/47	70%	0/0	0:01	1
	Uriah Hall	24/45	53%	0/1	0:03	—

WIN

vs. Johny Hendricks

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 1:23 • UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre • Nov 2017

Paulo Costa49/9054%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:01KD 1

Johny Hendricks27/5450%TD 0/4Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	29/60	48%	0/0	0:00	—
	Johny Hendricks	22/42	52%	0/2	0:00	—

R2	Paulo Costa	20/30	67%	0/0	0:01	1
	Johny Hendricks	5/12	42%	0/2	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Oluwale Bamgbose

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 1:06 • UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway • Jun 2017

Paulo Costa43/8054%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:14

Oluwale Bamgbose33/6253%TD 2/5Ctrl 1:22

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	29/53	55%	0/1	0:02	—
	Oluwale Bamgbose	24/47	51%	2/5	1:22	—

R2	Paulo Costa	14/27	52%	0/0	0:12	—
	Oluwale Bamgbose	9/15	60%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Garreth McLellan

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 1, 1:17 • UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum • Mar 2017

Paulo Costa22/3269%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:06KD 1

Garreth McLellan6/1443%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Fighter Profile

Career Statistics

Last 5 Fights (Averages)

Fight History

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Paulo Costa	22/32	69%	0/0	0:06	1
	Garreth McLellan	6/14	43%	0/1	0:00	—