Melquizael Costa Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

#7Arnold Allen

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa · May 16, 2026

Decision

R5 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa

May 16, 2026

W

#14Dan Ige

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Spinning Back Kick Head · R1 · 4:56

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · Feb 21, 2026

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:56

Spinning Back Kick Head

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez

Feb 21, 2026

W

Morgan Charriere

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:14

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape · Dec 13, 2025

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:14

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape

Dec 13, 2025

W

Julian Erosa

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales · May 17, 2025

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales

May 17, 2025

W

Christian Rodriguez

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg · Mar 29, 2025

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg

Mar 29, 2025

W

#15Andre Fili

Featherweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard · R1 · 4:30

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song · Feb 22, 2025

Submission

R1 · 4:30

Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song

Feb 22, 2025

W

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Featherweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 1:50

UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira · Jun 15, 2024

Submission

R3 · 1:50

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira

Jun 15, 2024

L

Steve Garcia

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Mount · R2 · 1:01

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez · Dec 9, 2023

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:01

Elbows to Head From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez

Dec 9, 2023

W

Austin Lingo

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva · Jul 15, 2023

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva

Jul 15, 2023

L

#15Thiago Moises

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 4:05

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill · Jan 21, 2023

Submission

R2 · 4:05

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill

Jan 21, 2023

Outside the UFC

19-5across 24 bouts · 19 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 6 sub · 6 decPF · LFA · PC · PFC 42 · Future MMA 13 +14

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jose Cleiton de Melo Jr.15-10-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:00	LFA	Nov 18, 2022
W	Tom Santos12-19	KO/TKO	—	R1	4:24	PC	Aug 20, 2022
L	Italo Gomes13-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	LFA	May 13, 2022
W	Angel Rodriguez16-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:36	PFC 42	Mar 19, 2022
W	Leandro Santos da Silva10-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Future MMA 13	Sep 24, 2021
W	Anderson Ferreira20-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:13	SFT 21	Feb 29, 2020
W	Jose Santana Bastos da Siqueira16-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PF	Jun 28, 2019
W	Marcelo Costa1-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:00	AFM	May 18, 2019
L	Marcos Vinicius15-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Thunder Fight 18	Dec 21, 2018
W	Alexandre Araujo1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:03	JF	Nov 23, 2018
L	Rafael Barbosa17-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	3:08	Demolidor Fight MMA 13	Aug 18, 2018
L	Antonio Monteiro18-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Mr. Cage Championship	Dec 30, 2017
W	Max Douglas11-3-2	KO/TKO	Retirement	R3	5:00	Oriximina Championships	Sep 30, 2017
W	Willian Santos9-4	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:22	PF	Jul 28, 2017
W	Jeconias Dias Sandes8-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PF	Jun 17, 2017
L	Elismar Lima33-15	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	TFC	Mar 10, 2017
W	Joao Ferreira Junior8-20-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:37	Team Nogueira Para	Dec 17, 2016
W	Vitor Leandro6-19	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R1	1:50	MOF	Nov 10, 2016
W	Severino Ramalho da Silva Junior5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SFC	Mar 11, 2016
W	Jonas dos Santos28-15-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Revelation FC	Jan 29, 2016
W	Sergio Silva0-2	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:31	PF	Dec 19, 2015
W	Erwin Filho de Andrade Furtado3-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	3:42	PF	May 9, 2015
W	Adriel Santos Abreu3-4	Submission	Heel Hook	R3	3:00	XF	May 17, 2014
W	Benjamin Junior Coelho Pantoja0-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Winner Combat MMA	Mar 8, 2014

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 2 losses

W9

L2

Submission

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Decision

9 wins, 4 losses

W9

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

2

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.60

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Melquizael Costa

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.93 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.86 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

Melquizael Costa

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (33%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–2

Won – Lost

33% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 100%

3W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

1

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC54th

47%462 / 983

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.10 differential

Landed4.29

Absorbed3.19

50%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head47%49th216
Body30%84th138
Leg23%82nd108

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

83%Standing

Standing83%382
Clinch9%42
Ground8%38

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Melquizael Costa

Landed per 15

Head

C

44th

30.1

44th

Body

A+

90th

19.2

90th

Leg

A+

89th

15.1

89th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

52nd

32.5

52nd

Body

C

53rd

10.2

53rd

Leg

A

71st

5.2

71st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.1	216	636	34%
Body	19.2	138	215	64%
Leg	15.1	108	132	82%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.5	233	560	42%
Body	10.2	73	90	81%
Leg	5.2	37	41	90%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Melquizael Costa

35%

Takedown accuracy

51%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.3 min net

On top2.5

On bottom4.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

57th

1.5

57th

TD accuracy

C

47th

35%

47th

Sub attempts

A

70th

0.8

70th

Control

C

53rd

2.5 min

53rd

Defense

TD defense

D

33rd

51%

33rd

Controlled

4.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 31
Submission attempts	6
Control time	18:02

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 53
Control absorbed	34:28

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (108min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Melquizael Costa

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 108 min

125%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Costa builds (+10% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Costa lifts to 125% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Costa ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Costalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Costaattempts / min

Control time

Costa% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.8	4.0	1.6	0.33	21%	10
R2	5.7	4.5	4.1	0.20	14%	7
R3	7.0	5.0	5.1	0.41	19%	5
R4	4.6	4.6	4.6	0.00	0%	1
R5	2.8	2.2	2.2	0.20	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Melquizael Costa

10 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

48/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

72nd

44%

72nd

Win quality

A+

88th

56%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

1

2

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	3	2-1	67%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Arnold Allen#7	Top-5	78	May 16, 2026
W	Dan Ige#14	Ranked 6–15	68	Feb 21, 2026
W	Morgan Charriere	Building	18	Dec 13, 2025
W	Julian Erosa	Established	35	May 17, 2025
W	Christian Rodriguez	Established	30	Mar 29, 2025
W	Andre Fili#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Feb 22, 2025
W	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	Building	18	Jun 15, 2024
L	Steve Garcia	Cross-div ranked	36	Dec 9, 2023
W	Austin Lingo	Building	18	Jul 15, 2023
L	Thiago Moises#15	Ranked 6–15	61	Jan 21, 2023

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

10 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

3-1

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-0

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-2

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Melquizael Costa

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Arnold Allen · May 16, 2026

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-1As underdog 1-2

76.70

DK avg

91.50

Median

103.60

Ceiling

23.60

Floor

70%

Boom

10%

Bust

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