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Paulo Costa
“The Eraser”
BrazilMiddleweightActiveage 35
16-4
80% win rate
W2 streak
Peak Vertex
2018-07-07 → 2018-07-0757held 5 bouts-37 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2018-07-07
Eased since the peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
8 wins4 losseslast 5: W W L L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(12) | R2(11) | R3(7) | R4(2) | R5(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 33.7 | 37.9 | 30.3 | 29.5 | 38.5 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 24.6 | 31.4 | 28.4 | 44.0 | 40.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.17 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:21 | 0:11 | 0:24 | 0:00 | 0:12 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg2026-04-11W·KO·R3 · 1:23
- UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 32025-07-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier2024-06-01L·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria2024-02-17L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards2022-08-20W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori2021-10-23L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa2020-09-26L·KO·R2 · 3:59
- UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 22019-08-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07W·KO·R2 · 2:38
- UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre2017-11-04W·KO·R2 · 1:23
- UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway2017-06-03W·KO·R2 · 1:06
- UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum2017-03-11W·KO·R1 · 1:17
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Paulo Costa has indicated he no longer expects to face Khamzat Chimaev, despite years of public feuding between the middleweight rivals.
- Sherdog
Paulo Costa has withdrawn his interest in fighting Khamzat Chimaev following the latter's shocking upset loss to Sean Strickland at UFC 328 earlier this month, where Strickland captured the middleweight title.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
