Paulo Costa
“The Eraser”
Light Heavyweight#6Active
Career record
16–4–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
8–4–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
11KO1SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
1KO0SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1991-04-21 · age 35
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (73 in)
- Reach
- 72 in
- Leg reach
- 40 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- Brazil
- Hometown
- State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Gym / team
- Team Borracha
- Octagon debut
- 2017-03-11
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 6.15
- Striking accuracy
- 59%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 5.96
- Striking defence
- 49%
- Takedown average
- 0.30
- Takedown accuracy
- 42%
- Takedown defence
- 77%
- Submission average
- 0.00
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
12 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | Azamat Murzakanov | Win | TKO · R3 · 1:23 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg |
| 2025-07-19 | Roman Kopylov | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 |
| 2024-06-01 | Sean Strickland | Loss | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| 2024-02-17 | Robert Whittaker | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria |
| 2022-08-20 | Luke Rockhold | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards |
| 2021-10-23 | Marvin Vettori | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori |
| 2020-09-26 | Israel Adesanyatitle | Loss | TKO · R2 · 3:59 | Middleweight | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| 2019-08-17 | Yoel Romero | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 |
| 2018-07-07 | Uriah Hall | Win | TKO · R2 · 2:38 | Middleweight | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier |
| 2017-11-04 | Johny Hendricks | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:23 | Middleweight | UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre |
| 2017-06-03 | Oluwale Bamgbose | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:06 | Middleweight | UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway |
| 2017-03-11 | Garreth McLellan | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:17 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 12 rows in the archive list Paulo Costa as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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