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ELO RATING

Paulo Costa

"The Eraser"

MMA Record: 14-4-0
UFC Record: 7-4-0
Middleweight
Weight Class

Upcoming Fight

Event
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3
Date
2025-07-19
Opponent
Roman Kopylov
1047
Weight Class
Middleweight

Physical & Background Stats

Height
6' 1'
Weight
Middleweight
Reach
72'
Stance
Orthodox
Date of Birth
Apr 21 1991
Age
34
Peak ELO
1104
ELO Rank
189 of 2600
Strength of Schedule
197-71-1
Combined record of UFC opponents
Avg ELO of Opponents
1078.3
Avg ELO of Defeated Opponents
1047.1

Performance Statistics

SLpM
6.22
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute
Str. Acc.
58%
Significant Striking Accuracy
SApM
6.56
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Str. Def.
49%
Significant Strike Defence
TD Avg.
0.36
Average Takedowns per 15 minutes
TD Acc.
75%
Takedown Accuracy
Sub. Avg.
N/A
Average Submissions per 15 minutes

Fight History

Date Event Opponent Method Round Time Result
2025-07-19 UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 Roman Kopylov nan N/A nan Win
2024-06-01 UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier Sean Strickland S-DEC 5 5:00 Loss
2024-02-17 UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria Robert Whittaker U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss
2022-08-20 UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards Luke Rockhold U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2021-10-23 UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori Marvin Vettori U-DEC 5 5:00 Loss
2020-09-26 UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa Israel Adesanya KO/TKO Punch 2 3:59 Loss
2019-08-17 UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Yoel Romero U-DEC 3 5:00 Win
2018-07-07 UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier Uriah Hall KO/TKO Punches 2 2:38 Win
2017-11-04 UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre Johny Hendricks KO/TKO Punches 2 1:23 Win
2017-06-03 UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway Oluwale Bamgbose KO/TKO Punches 2 1:06 Win
2017-03-11 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum Garreth McLellan KO/TKO Punch 1 1:17 Win

Paulo Costa ELO Calculation

Fight # Date Opponent Name Opponent ELO Result ELO Gained ELO
11 2025-07-19 Roman Kopylov 1062 Win +15 1092
10 2024-06-01 Sean Strickland 1147 Loss 0 1077
9 2024-02-17 Robert Whittaker 1163 Loss -13 1077
8 2022-08-20 Luke Rockhold 1082 Win +16 1090
7 2021-10-23 Marvin Vettori 1093 Loss -16 1074
6 2020-09-26 Israel Adesanya 1144 Loss -14 1090
5 2019-08-17 Yoel Romero 1151 Win +19 1104
4 2018-07-07 Uriah Hall 1072 Win +21 1085
3 2017-11-04 Johny Hendricks 1092 Win +23 1064
2 2017-06-03 Oluwale Bamgbose 994 Win +20 1041
1 2017-03-11 Garreth McLellan 992 Win +21 1021

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