Paulo Costa Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#6Azamat Murzakanov Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R3	1:23	UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg	Apr 11, 2026
W	#14Roman Kopylov Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Jul 19, 2025
L	#1Sean Strickland Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier	Jun 1, 2024
L	#3Robert Whittaker Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria	Feb 17, 2024
W	#3Luke Rockhold Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Aug 20, 2022
L	Marvin Vettori Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori	Oct 23, 2021
L	CIsrael AdesanyaTitle Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:59	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Sep 26, 2020
W	#2Yoel Romero Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019
W	#9Uriah Hall Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Body At Distance	R2	2:38	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Jul 7, 2018
W	Johny Hendricks Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	1:23	UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre	Nov 4, 2017
W	Oluwale Bamgbose Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	1:06	UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway	Jun 3, 2017
W	Garreth McLellan Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:17	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017

Outside the UFC

8-0across 8 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 1 subJungle Fight 90 · Jungle Fight 87 · Jungle Fight 84 · FTF 11 · FTF 9 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Adriano Balby16-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:25	Jungle Fight 90	Sep 3, 2016
W	Eduardo Ramon26-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:40	Jungle Fight 87	May 21, 2016
W	Bruno Assis13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:17	Jungle Fight 84	Dec 5, 2015
W	Wagner Silva10-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:37	FTF 11	Apr 24, 2015
W	Gerson da Silva Conceicao8-8	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	FTF 9	Dec 19, 2014
W	Fabio Moreira2-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:26	BH Fight	Nov 1, 2013
W	Ademilson Borges Duarte1-2	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	0:32	Upper Fight	Jun 15, 2013
W	Teo Esteves0-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	2:08	MMA Total Combat	Feb 25, 2012

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

12 wins, 1 loss

W12

L1

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Paulo Costa

PowerChin

Knockout rate

42%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

6

1.42 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.34 per 100 head

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

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Paulo Costa

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 3 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–3

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 83%

3W2L

Split1 decision · 17%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB63rd

59%934 / 1,576

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.19 differential

Landed6.15

Absorbed5.96

63%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head45%70th422
Body41%99th379
Leg14%73rd133

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

Sig. strikes by position

88%Standing

Standing88%826
Clinch5%49
Ground6%59

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Paulo Costa

Landed per 15

Head

A

75th

41.7

75th

Body

A+

100th

37.5

100th

Leg

A

78th

13.1

78th

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

F

14th

58.1

14th

Body

F

9th

19.3

9th

Leg

F

22nd

12.0

22nd

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	41.7	422	966	44%
Body	37.5	379	460	82%
Leg	13.1	133	150	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	58.1	588	1,359	43%
Body	19.3	195	293	67%
Leg	12.0	121	135	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

Paulo Costa

43%

Takedown accuracy

78%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.2 min net

On top0.8

On bottom0.6

Offense

Takedowns

D

40th

0.3

40th

TD accuracy

43%

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.0

53rd

Control

D

30th

0.8 min

30th

Defense

TD defense

B

68th

78%

68th

Controlled

0.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 7
Submission attempts	0
Control time	8:24

Defense

TDs defended	21 / 27
Control absorbed	6:21

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (152min 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

Paulo Costa

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 152 min

94%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Costa builds (+3% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Costa keeps 94% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Costa ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

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	6.4	6.1	4.9	0.04	7%	12
R2	6.7	6.4	6.1	0.05	3%	11
R3	6.2	5.5	6.0	0.10	9%	7
R4	5.9	5.9	8.8	0.00	0%	2
R5	7.9	7.7	8.0	0.00	4%	2

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

Paulo Costa

12 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

74/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

96th

76%

96th

Win quality

A+

90th

58%

90th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

1

3

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	4	1-3	25%
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Top-15	3	3-0	100%
Cross-div champ	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
W	Azamat Murzakanov#6	Top-15	75	Apr 11, 2026
W	Roman Kopylov#14	Top-15	62	Jul 19, 2025
L	Sean Strickland#1	Champion	97	Jun 1, 2024
L	Robert Whittaker#3	Champion	94	Feb 17, 2024
W	Luke Rockhold#3	Champion	94	Aug 20, 2022
L	Marvin Vettori	Cross-div ranked	45	Oct 23, 2021
L	Israel AdesanyaCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 26, 2020
W	Yoel Romero#2	Top-5	89	Aug 17, 2019
W	Uriah Hall#9	Top-15	71	Jul 7, 2018
W	Johny Hendricks	Cross-div champ	67	Nov 4, 2017
W	Oluwale Bamgbose	Unproven	8	Jun 3, 2017
W	Garreth McLellan	Unproven	8	Mar 11, 2017

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

12 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-3

8 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-2

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

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 UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Paulo Costa

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Azamat Murzakanov · Apr 11, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-0As underdog 3-4

76.3

DK avg

85.6

Median

99.6

Ceiling

63.2

Floor

67%

Boom

8%

Bust

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