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Paulo Costa

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Paulo Costa's profile at Tapology 

Rank State: New Jersey
Age: 33
Last 5: L L W L L
Association: Team Borracha
Pro Debut Date: 2012-02-25
Pro Record: 14-4-0
Current Ranking:
#10 Middleweight
'Big League' Record: 9-4-0
Last 3 Years: 1-2-0
Win Finish %: 85.7%
Combat Age: 37
Quality Perf. %: 72.2%
Last Quality Perf.: 2024-06-01
540 Metric: .500
Rating Points: 836
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2019

#1 Middleweight

All-Time Rank:

#27 Middleweight
Last Fight Date: 6/01/2024 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#2 MW] Sean Strickland
Opponent's Last 5: W W L W L
UFC Record: 6-4-0
Octagon Time: 2:05:21
Title Bouts: 0-1-0
Longest Win Streak: 5 (2017-2019)
UFC Debut: 2017-03-11
Last UFC Fight: 2024-06-01

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Sean Strickland
#3 Middleweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
  UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
Saturday, June 1st 2024
L Robert Whittaker
#7 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria
Saturday, February 17th 2024
W Luke Rockhold Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2
Saturday, August 20th 2022
L Marvin Vettori
#6 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  UFC Fight Night 196 - Costa vs. Vettori
Saturday, October 23rd 2021
L Israel Adesanya
#1 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches and Elbows)
Round 2
  UFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa
Saturday, September 26th 2020
W Yoel Romero
#2 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 241 - Cormier vs. Miocic 2
Saturday, August 17th 2019
W Uriah Hall
#12 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
Saturday, July 7th 2018
W Johny Hendricks
#19 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 217 - Bisping vs. St. Pierre
Saturday, November 4th 2017
W Oluwale Bamgbose
#163 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 212 - Aldo vs. Holloway
Saturday, June 3rd 2017
W Garreth McLellan
#139 Middleweight 		TKO
Round 1
  UFC Fight Night 106: Belfort vs. Gastelum
Saturday, March 11th 2017
W Adriano Balby
#192 Middleweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
  JF - Jungle Fight 90
Saturday, September 3rd 2016
W Eduardo Ramon
#388 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  JF - Jungle Fight 87
Saturday, May 21st 2016
W Bruno Assis TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  JF - Jungle Fight 84
Saturday, December 5th 2015
W Wagner Silva
#595 Welterweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Face to Face 11 - Borrachinha vs. Wagnao
Friday, April 24th 2015
W Gerson da Silva Conceicao
#206 Middleweight 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1
  Face to Face 9 - Big Monster vs. Gigantinho
Friday, December 19th 2014
W Fabio Moreira TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  BH Fight - MMA Grand Prix
Friday, November 1st 2013
W Ademilson Borges Duarte TKO
Round 1
  Upper Fight - MMA Championship
Saturday, June 15th 2013
W Teo Esteves TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  MMA Total Combat - Santa Luzia
Saturday, February 25th 2012
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Sean Strickland
#3 Middleweight 		  UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
Saturday, June 1st 2024 		Decision (Split)
Round 5
L Robert Whittaker
#7 Middleweight 		  UFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria
Saturday, February 17th 2024 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Luke Rockhold   UFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2
Saturday, August 20th 2022 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Marvin Vettori
#6 Middleweight 		  UFC Fight Night 196 - Costa vs. Vettori
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
L Israel Adesanya
#1 Middleweight 		  UFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa
Saturday, September 26th 2020 		TKO (Punches and Elbows)
Round 2
W Yoel Romero
#2 Middleweight 		  UFC 241 - Cormier vs. Miocic 2
Saturday, August 17th 2019 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Uriah Hall
#12 Middleweight 		  UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
Saturday, July 7th 2018 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Johny Hendricks
#19 Middleweight 		  UFC 217 - Bisping vs. St. Pierre
Saturday, November 4th 2017 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Oluwale Bamgbose
#163 Middleweight 		  UFC 212 - Aldo vs. Holloway
Saturday, June 3rd 2017 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Garreth McLellan
#139 Middleweight 		  UFC Fight Night 106: Belfort vs. Gastelum
Saturday, March 11th 2017 		TKO
Round 1
W Adriano Balby
#192 Middleweight 		  JF - Jungle Fight 90
Saturday, September 3rd 2016 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Eduardo Ramon
#388 Welterweight 		  JF - Jungle Fight 87
Saturday, May 21st 2016 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Bruno Assis   JF - Jungle Fight 84
Saturday, December 5th 2015 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Wagner Silva
#595 Welterweight 		  Face to Face 11 - Borrachinha vs. Wagnao
Friday, April 24th 2015 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Gerson da Silva Conceicao
#206 Middleweight 		  Face to Face 9 - Big Monster vs. Gigantinho
Friday, December 19th 2014 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1
W Fabio Moreira   BH Fight - MMA Grand Prix
Friday, November 1st 2013 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Ademilson Borges Duarte   Upper Fight - MMA Championship
Saturday, June 15th 2013 		TKO
Round 1
W Teo Esteves   MMA Total Combat - Santa Luzia
Saturday, February 25th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2025   #9 Middleweight 14-4-0
835
10/01/2024 1 #9 Middleweight 14-4-0
835
07/01/2024 6 #10 Middleweight 14-4-0
835
04/01/2024 NR #16 Middleweight 14-3-0
440
10/01/2023 1 #11 Middleweight 14-2-0
561
07/01/2023 1 #12 Middleweight 14-2-0
612
04/01/2023   #11 Middleweight 14-2-0
626
01/01/2023 1 #11 Middleweight 14-2-0
616
10/01/2022 NR #10 Middleweight 14-2-0
656
07/01/2022 1 #14 Light Heavyweight 13-2-0
374
04/01/2022   #15 Light Heavyweight 13-2-0
380
01/01/2022 NR #15 Light Heavyweight 13-2-0
386
10/01/2021 2 #7 Middleweight 13-1-0
837
07/01/2021   #5 Middleweight 13-1-0
870
04/01/2021 1 #5 Middleweight 13-1-0
934
01/01/2021 2 #4 Middleweight 13-1-0
934
10/01/2020 4 #6 Middleweight 13-1-0
934
07/01/2020   #2 Middleweight 13-0-0
1166
04/01/2020   #2 Middleweight 13-0-0
1166
01/01/2020 1 #2 Middleweight 13-0-0
1166
10/01/2019 11 #1 Middleweight 13-0-0
1166
07/01/2019 3 #12 Middleweight 12-0-0
486
04/01/2019   #9 Middleweight 12-0-0
486
01/01/2019 1 #9 Middleweight 12-0-0
486
10/01/2018 5 #10 Middleweight 12-0-0
486
07/01/2018 3 #15 Middleweight 11-0-0
319
04/01/2018   #18 Middleweight 11-0-0
319
01/01/2018 56 #18 Middleweight 11-0-0
319
10/01/2017 4 #74 Middleweight 10-0-0
87
07/01/2017 9 #70 Middleweight 10-0-0
87
04/01/2017 26 #79 Middleweight 9-0-0
77
01/01/2017 1 #105 Middleweight 8-0-0
61
10/01/2016 39 #106 Middleweight 8-0-0
61
07/01/2016 23 #145 Middleweight 7-0-0
49
04/01/2016 5 #168 Middleweight 6-0-0
40
01/01/2016 17 #163 Middleweight 6-0-0
40
10/01/2015 19 #180 Middleweight 5-0-0
38
07/01/2015 41 #199 Middleweight 5-0-0
38
04/01/2015 5 #240 Middleweight 4-0-0
33
01/01/2015 NR #245 Middleweight 4-0-0
33


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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