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The Clinch

-- “The Dalmatian” 2023-2026 · 24 rounds on file

Melquizael Costa

7-3-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 462/983
Takedown accuracy 11/31
Sig. strikes / round 19.3
Control / round 0:45
Inside the distance 57% 4 of 7 wins
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Southpaw
Age
3014 SEP 1996
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 10 fights - 3.9 takedown attempts and 15% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 5 4-1-0 vs 1552 avg
Well-Rounded 5 4-1-0
Striking 3 1-2-0 vs 1558 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-1-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
Grappling 2 2-0-0 vs 1529 avg
Positional Controller 1 1-0-0
Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 5 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

21 JAN 2023 - lost to Thiago Moises · Submission 15 JUL 2023 - beat Austin Lingo · Decision (Unanimous) 09 DEC 2023 - lost to Steve Garcia · Technical Knockout 15 JUN 2024 - beat Shayilan Nuerdanbieke · Submission 22 FEB 2025 - beat Andre Fili · Submission 29 MAR 2025 - beat Christian Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous) 17 MAY 2025 - beat Julian Erosa · Decision (Unanimous) 13 DEC 2025 - beat Morgan Charriere · Technical Knockout 21 FEB 2026 - beat Dan Ige · Technical Knockout 16 MAY 2026 - lost to Arnold Allen · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 24 rounds across 10 of 10 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 19.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.3
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 0:45 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 47% 462/983
Takedowns 35% 11/31
Opponents’ accuracy 50% 343/691

Where the strikes land

Head 47% 216
Body 30% 138
Leg 23% 108

And from where

At distance 83% 382
In the clinch 9% 42
On the ground 8% 38

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-1
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-1
Decision 3 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
16 MAY 2026 Arnold Allen Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 100 98 UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa
21 FEB 2026 Dan Ige Won Technical Knockout R1 4:56 19 7 UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez
13 DEC 2025 Morgan Charriere Won Technical Knockout R1 1:14 4 2 UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape
17 MAY 2025 Julian Erosa Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 102 69 UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
29 MAR 2025 Christian Rodriguez Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 65 64 UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg
22 FEB 2025 Andre Fili Won Submission R1 4:30 27 7 UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
15 JUN 2024 Shayilan Nuerdanbieke Won Submission R3 1:50 16 6 UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira
09 DEC 2023 Steve Garcia Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:01 6 29 UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez
15 JUL 2023 Austin Lingo Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 100 39 UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva
21 JAN 2023 Thiago Moises Lost Submission R2 4:05 23 22 UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill