Paulo Costa stats
Career striking and grappling numbers for Paulo Costa, with every tracked fight below.
Career totals
Across UFC
- Tracked bouts
- 12
- Strikes landed / min
- 6.15
- Strike accuracy
- 59%
- Strikes absorbed / min
- 5.96
- Takedowns / 15 min
- 0.30
- Control time
- 6%
- Average fight time
- 12:39
Rates are computed over the 12 bouts whose finish time we hold.
Where they rank
All-time boards where Paulo Costa sits in the top 25.
All MMA
- #6 Most significant strikes in a fight, Light Heavyweight163
- #7 Strikes absorbed per minute, Middleweight5.89
- #7 Strikes landed per minute, Middleweight6.21
- #11 Most significant strikes in a fight, Middleweight158
- #14 Best significant strike accuracy, Middleweight57.9%
- #18 Most significant strikes landed, Middleweight716
UFC
- #4 Most significant strikes in a fight, Light Heavyweight163
- #4 Strikes landed per minute, Middleweight6.21
- #5 Strikes absorbed per minute, Middleweight5.89
- #10 Most significant strikes in a fight, Middleweight158
- #13 Best significant strike accuracy, Middleweight57.9%
- #17 Most significant strikes landed, Middleweight716
- #25 Longest win streak, Middleweight5
Fight by fight
Every bout we hold official statistics for, newest first.
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Significant strikes | Opp. sig. strikes | Total strikes | Takedowns | Knockdowns | Submission attempts | Control time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 | UFC 327: Procházka vs Ulberg | Azamat Murzakanov | WIN · TKO · R3 1:23 | 55 of 80 | 34 of 70 | 61 of 86 | 0 of 1 | 1 | 0 | 1:20 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | UFC 318: Holloway vs Poirier 3 | Roman Kopylov | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 99 of 159 | 48 of 104 | 102 of 162 | 0 of 2 | 1 | 0 | 0:13 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs Poirier | Sean Strickland | LOSS · SD · R5 5:00 | 158 of 266 | 182 of 402 | 158 of 266 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Feb 17, 2024 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs Topuria | Robert Whittaker | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 67 of 151 | 95 of 175 | 67 of 151 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Aug 20, 2022 | UFC 278: Usman vs Edwards 2 | Luke Rockhold | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 73 of 103 | 51 of 70 | 106 of 137 | 2 of 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:28 |
| Oct 23, 2021 | UFC Fight Night: Costa vs Vettori | Marvin Vettori | LOSS · UD · R5 5:00 | 163 of 260 | 190 of 346 | 172 of 269 | 1 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:47 |
| Sep 27, 2020 | UFC 253: Adesanya vs Costa | Israel Adesanya | LOSS · TKO · R2 3:59 | 12 of 26 | 55 of 84 | 12 of 26 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01 |
| Aug 17, 2019 | UFC 241: Cormier vs Miocic | Yoel Romero | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 118 of 213 | 125 of 284 | 118 of 213 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:06 |
| Jul 7, 2018 | UFC 226: Miocic vs Cormier | Uriah Hall | WIN · TKO · R2 2:38 | 75 of 116 | 58 of 122 | 76 of 117 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:08 |
| Nov 4, 2017 | UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre | Johny Hendricks | WIN · TKO · R2 1:23 | 49 of 90 | 27 of 54 | 49 of 90 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:01 |
| Jun 2, 2017 | UFC 212: Aldo vs Holloway | Oluwale Bamgbose | WIN · TKO · R2 1:06 | 43 of 80 | 33 of 62 | 50 of 88 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:14 |
| Mar 12, 2017 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Gastelum | Garreth McLellan | WIN · TKO · R1 1:17 | 22 of 32 | 6 of 14 | 23 of 33 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:06 |
Strike Distribution
Strike target
- Head422 of 966
- Body379 of 460
- Leg133 of 150
Totals across 12 tracked fights.
Strike position
- Distance826 of 1430
- Clinch49 of 62
- Ground59 of 84
Totals across 12 tracked fights.
As published elsewhere
Career averages exactly as each source publishes them. The totals above are ours, computed from every tracked bout.
UFC careerRecord: 16-4-0 · Source: UFCStats.com
- Significant strikes
- 6.15per min
- Sig. strike accuracy
- 59%
- SApM
- 5.96per min
- Str. Def.
- 49%
- Takedowns
- 0.30per 15 min
- Takedown accuracy
- 42%
- TD Def.
- 77%
- Submission attempts
- 0.0per 15 min
Top 4% in the UFC
Top 40% in the UFC
Top 20% in the UFC
Percentiles compare this fighter with 1498 UFC fighters who have five or more tracked fights.