Paulo Costa

🇧🇷 ︎

(1991-04-21)

Statistics

UFC Record: 7-4

By Method:

KO/TKO: 4-1
Submission: 0-0
Decision: 3-3

By Elo:

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

By Weight Class:

Middleweight: 7-3
Light Heavyweight: 0-1

By Round:

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

By Type:

Main Event: 0-2
Title Fight: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 3-4

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: L W L L W

Elo: 3183

Peak Elo: 3197 (2019-08-17)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3062 (#36)

Bonuses: 4 (2 FOTN, 2 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 12m 46s

Total Fight Time: 2h 20m 23s

Avg Time Between Fights: 346 days

Avg Card Placement: 3.6

Current Rankings:

#12 Middleweight

Peak Rankings:

#2 Middleweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-04-11
UFC 327

Paulo Costa (34) 🇧🇷 ︎
W L L W L • 7-4
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 3183 (46%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

🇷🇺 ︎ Azamat Murzakanov (36)
6-0 • W W W W W
Elo: 3214 (54%) • UFC rank: #6

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

Paulo Costa (34) 🇧🇷 ︎
L L W L L • 6-4
UFC rank: #13 • Elo: 3119 (68%)
30

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇷🇺 ︎ Roman Kopylov (33)
6-3 • W W L W W
Elo: 2987 (32%) • UFC rank: #14
27

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

Sean Strickland (33) 🇺🇸 ︎
L W W W L • 15-6
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3334 (80%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇧🇷 ︎ Paulo Costa (33)
6-3 • L W L L W
Elo: 3093 (20%) • UFC rank: #7

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

Robert Whittaker (33) 🇦🇺 ︎
W W L W L • 15-5
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3274 (66%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷 ︎ Paulo Costa (32)
6-2 • W L L W W
Elo: 3161 (34%) • UFC rank: #6

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

Paulo Costa (31) 🇧🇷 ︎
L L W W W • 5-2
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3065 (52%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎ Luke Rockhold (37)
6-4 • W L W L L
Elo: 3051 (48%)

Vivint Arena
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Marvin Vettori (28) 🇮🇹 ︎
W W W W L • 7-3-1
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3165 (50%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

🇧🇷 ︎ Paulo Costa (30)
5-1 • L W W W W
Elo: 3166 (50%) • UFC rank: #2

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Israel Adesanya (31) 🇳🇬 ︎ 🇳🇿 ︎
W W W W W • 8-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3490 (84%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT Title Fight

TKO
R2
3:59

🇧🇷 ︎ Paulo Costa (29)
5-0 • W W W W W
Elo: 3197 (16%) • UFC rank: #2

du Forum
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 ︎

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

Paulo Costa (28) 🇧🇷 ︎
W W W W • 4-0
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3024 (13%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R3
5:00

🇨🇺 ︎ Yoel Romero (42)
9-2 • W W L W L
Elo: 3348 (87%) • UFC rank: #2

Honda Center
Anaheim, California
United States 🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Paulo Costa (27) 🇧🇷 ︎
W W W • 3-0
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 2910 (43%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
2:38

🇯🇲 ︎ 🇺🇸 ︎ Uriah Hall (33)
6-6 • W L L L W
Elo: 2957 (57%) • UFC rank: #9

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

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

Paulo Costa (26) 🇧🇷 ︎
W W • 2-0
Elo: 2793 (41%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:23

🇺🇸 ︎ Johny Hendricks (34)
13-7 • L L L W L
Elo: 2854 (59%)

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

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

Paulo Costa (26) 🇧🇷 ︎
W • 1-0
Elo: 2749 (78%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:06

🇳🇬 ︎ Oluwale Bamgbose (29)
1-2 • L W L
Elo: 2529 (22%)

Jeunesse Arena
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil 🇧🇷 ︎

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

⭐ Paulo Costa (25) 🇧🇷 ︎
Debut 🔰
Elo: 2689 (70%)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:17

🇿🇦 ︎ Garreth McLellan (35)
1-3 • L W L L
Elo: 2542 (30%)

Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste
Fortaleza
Brazil 🇧🇷 ︎