Paulo Costa · The Clinch

Strike accuracy 934/1,576

Takedown accuracy 3/7

Sig. strikes / round 27.5

Control / round 0:15

Inside the distance 63% 5 of 8 wins

Height: 6′1″185.4 cm
Reach: 72″182.9 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 3521 APR 1991
Listed weight: 205 lb93 kg

Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 12 fights - 0.6 takedown attempts and 5% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 4 4-0-0 vs 1590 avg

Positional Controller 3 3-0-0

Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0

Hybrid 4 3-1-0 vs 1559 avg

Well-Rounded 4 3-1-0

Striking 4 1-3-0 vs 1617 avg

Distance Striker 4 1-3-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 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.

11 MAR 2017 - beat Garreth McLellan · Technical Knockout 03 JUN 2017 - beat Oluwale Bamgbose · Technical Knockout 04 NOV 2017 - beat Johny Hendricks · Technical Knockout 07 JUL 2018 - beat Uriah Hall · Technical Knockout 17 AUG 2019 - beat Yoel Romero · Decision (Unanimous) 26 SEP 2020 - lost to Israel Adesanya · Technical Knockout 23 OCT 2021 - lost to Marvin Vettori · Decision (Unanimous) 20 AUG 2022 - beat Luke Rockhold · Decision (Unanimous) 17 FEB 2024 - lost to Robert Whittaker · Decision (Unanimous) 01 JUN 2024 - lost to Sean Strickland · Decision (Split) 19 JUL 2025 - beat Roman Kopylov · Decision (Unanimous) 11 APR 2026 - beat Azamat Murzakanov · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 34 rounds across 12 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 27.5

Sig. strikes absorbed 26.6

Takedowns landed 0.1

Knockdowns 0.2

Sub. attempts 0.0

Control time 0:15 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 59% 934/1,576

Takedowns 43% 3/7

Opponents’ accuracy 51% 904/1,787

Where the strikes land

Head 45% 422

Body 41% 379

Leg 14% 133

And from where

At distance 88% 826

In the clinch 5% 49

On the ground 6% 59

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 5 won Technical Knockout · 5-1

Decision 3 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-2 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
11 APR 2026	Azamat Murzakanov	Won	Technical Knockout	R3 1:23	55	34	UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg
19 JUL 2025	Roman Kopylov	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	99	48	UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3
01 JUN 2024	Sean Strickland	Lost	Decision (Split)	R5 5:00	158	182	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
17 FEB 2024	Robert Whittaker	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	67	95	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria
20 AUG 2022	Luke Rockhold	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	73	51	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
23 OCT 2021	Marvin Vettori	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	163	190	UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori
26 SEP 2020	Israel Adesanya	Lost	Technical Knockout	R2 3:59	12	55	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
17 AUG 2019	Yoel Romero	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	118	125	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2
07 JUL 2018	Uriah Hall	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 2:38	75	58	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
04 NOV 2017	Johny Hendricks	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 1:23	49	27	UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre
03 JUN 2017	Oluwale Bamgbose	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 1:06	43	33	UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway
11 MAR 2017	Garreth McLellan	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 1:17	22	6	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum