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Paulo Costa
“The Eraser”
Brazil
Ranked #6 · Light HeavyweightOfficial UFC rankings
16-4-0W-L-D
- Age
- 35
- Height
- 6'1"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 72"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Light HeavyweightLight Heavyweight: 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Team Borracha
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1766
Scouting Report
- W
- W
- L
- L
- W
Bounced back: won 2 straight
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Costa puts people to sleep. His wins come by 12 KO/TKO, 1 submission and 3 decisions, an 81% finish rate. He is a finisher who ends fights early with power.
- Recent Form
- Costa stopped Azamat Murzakanov (16-1-0) with a round 3 KO/TKO. Before that he beat Roman Kopylov (16-5-0) by unanimous decision, and lost a split decision to Sean Strickland (31-7-0) in five rounds.
- Style
- Costa is an orthodox volume striker, landing 6.15 significant strikes a minute at 59% accuracy while absorbing 5.96 a minute and defending 49%. He rarely wrestles, 0.3 takedowns per 15 minutes, and stops 78% of takedowns.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 12 KO/TKO (75%)
- 1 Submission (6%)
- 3 Decision (19%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 81%
- Streak
- 2-fight win streak
- Last fought
- 7 months ago
16 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
Opponents' combined record todayThe current pro records of their last 5 opponents, added together. Tougher opponents mean a bigger win total.: 91-22 (4 of 5 known)
Opponents' average Power IndexAverage Power Index of their last 5 opponents. Higher means tougher competition.: 1820
- Winvs Azamat Murzakanov16-1-0 · Power Index 1775KO/TKO · R3 · 1:23Apr 11, 2026 · UFC 327: Procházka vs Ulberg
Fight stats
Stat Paulo Costa Azamat Murzakanov Sig. strikes 55/80 34/70 Takedowns 0/1 1/2 Control time 1:20 0:20 Knockdowns 1 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 21 7 Round 2 sig. strikes 19 23 Round 3 sig. strikes 15 4 - Winvs Roman Kopylov16-5-0 · Power Index 1801Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Jul 20, 2025 · UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3
Fight stats
Stat Paulo Costa Roman Kopylov Sig. strikes 99/159 48/104 Takedowns 0/2 0/0 Control time 0:13 0:00 Knockdowns 1 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 34 11 Round 2 sig. strikes 32 16 Round 3 sig. strikes 33 21 - Lossvs Sean Strickland31-7-0 · Power Index 1843Decision - Split · R5 · 5:00Jun 2, 2024 · UFC 302: Makhachev vs Poirier
- Lossvs Robert Whittaker28-9-0 · Power Index 1859Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Feb 18, 2024 · UFC 298: Volkanovski vs Topuria
- Winvs Luke RockholdDecision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Aug 21, 2022 · UFC 278: Usman vs Edwards 2
Career Stats
Based on 12 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 6.15
- Striking accuracy
- 59%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 5.96
- Striking defense
- 49%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 0.30
- Takedown accuracy
- 43%
- Takedown defense
- 78%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.00