Paulo Costa

🇧🇷

(1991-04-21)

Statistics

UFC Record: 8-4

By Method:

KO/TKO: 5-1
Submission: 0-0
Decision: 3-3

By Elo:

As Favorite: 4-1
As Underdog: 4-3

By Weight Class:

Middleweight: 7-3
Light Heavyweight: 1-1

By Round:

Round 1: 1-0
Round 2: 3-1
Round 3: 4-1
Round 5: 0-2

By Type:

Main Event: 0-2
Title Fight: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 4-4

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: WLLWW

Elo: 3292 (#37)

Peak Elo: 3292 (2026-04-11) (#101)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3062 (#37)

Bonuses: 4 (2 FOTN, 2 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 12m 38s

Total Fight Time: 2h 31m 46s (#331)

Avg Time Between Fights: 301 days

Avg Card Slot: 3.5 (#156)

Avg Age: 30 years

Avg Opp Age: 34.1 years

Current Rankings:

#14 Middleweight

#7 Light Heavyweight

Peak Rankings:

#2 Middleweight

#7 Light Heavyweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-04-11
UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg

Paulo Costa (34)

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WLLWL • 7-4
UFC rank: #14 • Elo: 3183 (45%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
1:23

🇷🇺

Azamat Murzakanov (36)
6-0 • WWWWW
Elo: 3213 (55%) • UFC rank: #6

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2025-07-19
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3

Paulo Costa (34)

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LLWLL • 6-4
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 3119 (68%)
30

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇷🇺

Roman Kopylov (33)
6-3 • WWLWW
Elo: 2988 (32%) • UFC rank: #14
27

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States🇺🇸

2024-06-01
UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier

Sean Strickland (33)

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LWWWL • 15-6
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3332 (80%)
48

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00
🤖

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Paulo Costa (33)
6-3 • LWLLW
Elo: 3093 (20%) • UFC rank: #7
47

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States🇺🇸

2024-02-17
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria

Robert Whittaker (33)

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WWLWL • 15-5
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3275 (66%)
30

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷

Paulo Costa (32)
6-2 • WLLWW
Elo: 3162 (34%) • UFC rank: #6
27

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States🇺🇸

2022-08-20
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2

Paulo Costa (31)

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LLWWW • 5-2
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3066 (52%)
30

MIDDLEWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸

Luke Rockhold (37)
6-4 • WLWLL
Elo: 3052 (48%)
27

Vivint Arena
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States🇺🇸

2021-10-23
UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori

⭐ Marvin Vettori (28)

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WWWWL • 7-3-1
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3165 (50%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇧🇷

Paulo Costa (30)
5-1 • LWWWW
Elo: 3166 (50%) • UFC rank: #2

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2020-09-26
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa

⭐ Israel Adesanya (31)

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WWWWW • 8-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3491 (85%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
3:59

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Paulo Costa (29)
5-0 • WWWWW
Elo: 3197 (15%) • UFC rank: #2

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪

2019-08-17
UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2

Paulo Costa (28)

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WWWW • 4-0
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3024 (13%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

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Yoel Romero (42)
9-2 • WWLWL
Elo: 3350 (87%) • UFC rank: #2

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States🇺🇸

2018-07-07
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier

⭐ Paulo Costa (27)

🇧🇷

WWW • 3-0
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 2910 (43%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:38

🇯🇲

🇺🇸

Uriah Hall (33)
6-6 • WLLLW
Elo: 2958 (57%) • UFC rank: #9

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2017-11-04
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre

Paulo Costa (26)

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WW • 2-0
Elo: 2793 (41%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:23

🇺🇸

Johny Hendricks (34)
13-7 • LLLWL
Elo: 2855 (59%)

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸

2017-06-03
UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway

Paulo Costa (26)

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W • 1-0
Elo: 2748 (77%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:06

🇳🇬

Oluwale Bamgbose (29)
1-2 • LWL
Elo: 2529 (23%)

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil🇧🇷

2017-03-11
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum

⭐ Paulo Costa (25)

🇧🇷

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2688 (69%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:17

🇿🇦

Garreth McLellan (35)
1-3 • LWLL
Elo: 2542 (31%)

Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste
Fortaleza
Brazil🇧🇷