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Paulo Costa UFC Power Rankings

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UFC
Paulo Costa
Light Heavyweight · #19
B Overall Grade 85
8-4
Record
66.7%
Win %
5
Finishes
9 years, 6 months
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Performance

Rating Rank
Overall
85 B
19
Power
93 A-
9
Offensive
95 A
6
Defensive
85 B
18

Records

Overall 8-4 (66.7%)
Vs Top 10 1-1 (50%)
Vs >.500 6-4 (60%)
Vs <.500 2-0 (100%)
Last 5 Fights 3-2 (60%)

Superlatives

Best Win Light Heavyweight #6 Azamat Murzakanov (6-1)
2026-04-11 · Rd 3 KO/TKO Kick
Worst Loss Light Heavyweight #58 Marvin Vettori (9-8)
2021-10-23 · Rd 5 U-DEC

Other Stats

Finishes 5 (41.7%)
KOs 5 (41.7%)
Submissions 0 (0%)
Decisions 3 (25%)
Opp. Record 111-67
Avg Opp. Rank 24
Long Streak W 5 (08/17/2019)
Current Streak W 2

Fight Results

Date Opponent Result Method
2026-04-11 #6 Azamat Murzakanov (6-1)Light Heavyweight
UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg 		W Rd 3
KO/TKO Kick
2025-07-19 #28 Roman Kopylov (7-5)Middleweight
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 		W Rd 3
U-DEC
2024-06-01 #4 Sean Strickland (18-6)Middleweight
UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier 		L Rd 5
S-DEC
2024-02-17 #15 Robert Whittaker (18-7)Middleweight
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria 		L Rd 3
U-DEC
2022-08-20 Luke Rockhold (6-5)Middleweight
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 		W Rd 3
U-DEC
2021-10-23 #58 Marvin Vettori (9-8)Light Heavyweight
UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori 		L Rd 5
U-DEC
2020-09-26 #33 Israel Adesanya (13-6)Middleweight
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa 		L Rd 2
KO/TKO Punch
2019-08-17 Yoel Romero (9-4)Middleweight
UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 		W Rd 3
U-DEC
2018-07-07 Uriah Hall (10-9)Middleweight
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier 		W Rd 2
KO/TKO Punches
2017-11-04 Johny Hendricks (13-8)Middleweight
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre 		W Rd 2
KO/TKO Punches
2017-06-03 Oluwale Bamgbose (1-4)Middleweight
UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway 		W Rd 2
KO/TKO Punches
2017-03-11 Garreth McLellan (1-4)Middleweight
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum 		W Rd 1
KO/TKO Punch