Paulo Costa vs Yoel Romero
Paulo Costa is 16-4-0; Yoel Romero is 13-5-0. Yoel Romero is 14 years older than Paulo Costa. Yoel Romero has a 1" · 3 cm reach advantage over Paulo Costa. Paulo Costa is 1" · 3 cm taller than Yoel Romero. They have met once: Paulo Costa 1, Yoel Romero 0.
Style & credentials
No background on record
Camp · Team Borracha · Brazil- 2025Interim Light Heavyweight ChampionReal American Freestyle (RAF)
- 2007Champion · Grand Prix Germany
- 2005Silver · World Championships UWW84 kg freestyle
- 20044th Place · Olympics84 kg freestyle
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
3 early stoppages have no logged time
4 early stoppages have no logged time
Recent form · last 5
- W
- WUFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 · Jul 19, 2025Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- L
- LUFC 298: Volkanovski vs Topuria · Feb 17, 2024Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WUFC 278: Usman vs Edwards 2 · Aug 20, 2022Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
Full record · 20 fightsShow less
- LUFC Fight Night: Costa vs Vettori · Oct 23, 2021Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Light Heavyweight
- L
- W
- W
- W
- W
- W
- WAdriano BalbyJungle Fight 90 · Sep 3, 2016TKO · R1 · 3:25 · Middleweight
- WEduardo RamonJungle Fight 87 · May 21, 2016SUB · R1 · 2:40 · Middleweight
- W
- WWagner SilvaFace to Face 11 · Apr 24, 2015TKO · R1 · 4:37 · Middleweight
- WGerson ConceiçãoFace to Face 9 · Dec 19, 2014TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- WFabio MoreiraBH Sparta · Nov 1, 2013TKO
- WAdemilson Borges DuarteMinas Gerais Regional · Jun 15, 2013TKO
- WTeo EstevesMinas Gerais Regional · Feb 25, 2012TKO
- W
- LBellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero · Jun 16, 2023Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Light Heavyweight
- W
- W
- L
Full record · 23 fightsShow less
- LUFC 248: Adesanya vs Romero · Mar 7, 2020Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- L
- L
- W
- LUFC 213: Romero vs Whittaker · Jul 8, 2017Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Middleweight
- W
- W
- W
- W
- WUFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne · Apr 19, 2014Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- W
- W
- W
- LStrikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov · Sep 10, 2011TKO · R2 · 4:51 · Light Heavyweight
- WLaszlo EckGermany Regional · May 27, 2011TKO
- WŅikita PetrovsSuperior FC · Mar 5, 2011TKO
- W
- WSascha WeinpolterGermany Regional · Dec 20, 2009TKO
Head-to-Head History
Common Opponents
How each fared against the same opponents.
Frequently asked questions
Have Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero ever fought?
Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 241: Cormier vs Miocic (Sat, Aug 17, 2019), where Paulo Costa won by Unanimous Decision.
What are the records of Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero?
Paulo Costa is 16-4-0 and Yoel Romero is 13-5-0.
Who has the longer reach, Paulo Costa or Yoel Romero?
Yoel Romero has the longer reach: 73" · 185 cm against 72" · 183 cm for Paulo Costa, a 1" · 3 cm advantage.
Who is taller, Paulo Costa or Yoel Romero?
Paulo Costa is taller at 6'1" · 185 cm; Yoel Romero stands 6'0" · 183 cm.
Who is older, Paulo Costa or Yoel Romero?
Yoel Romero is 49 and Paulo Costa is 35.
Who has more finishes, Paulo Costa or Yoel Romero?
Paulo Costa has 13 wins inside the distance (12 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission); Yoel Romero has 13 wins (13 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission).