Paulo Costa
BrazilPaulo Costa, “The Eraser”, is a Heavyweight from Brazil with an official record of 16-4. MMA Hub holds 17 of those bouts: 13 wins and 4 losses, the wins coming 9 by knockout, 1 by submission and 3 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round knockout win over Azamat Murzakanov at UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg on 11 April 2026, the second win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 | Azamat Murzakanov | WIN | KOKick | R3 · 1:23 | UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Roman Kopylov | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Sean Strickland | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| Feb 17, 2024 | Robert Whittaker | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Luke Rockhold | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 |
| Oct 23, 2021 | Marvin Vettori | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Israel AdesanyaTitle | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 3:59 | UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Yoel Romero | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 |
| Jul 8, 2018 | Uriah Hall | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 2:38 | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier |
| Nov 5, 2017 | Johny Hendricks | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 1:23 | UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Oluwale Bamgbose | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 1:06 | UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway |
| Mar 12, 2017 | Garreth McLellan | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:17 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum |
| Sep 3, 2016 | Adriano BalbyTitle | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 3:25 | JF: Jungle Fight 90 |
| May 21, 2016 | Eduardo RamonTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 2:40 | JF: Jungle Fight 87 |
| Dec 5, 2015 | Bruno Assis | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 1:17 | JF: Jungle Fight 84 |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Wagner Silva Gomes | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 4:37 | FTF 11: Borrachinha vs. Wagnao |
| Dec 19, 2014 | Gerson da Silva Conceicao | WIN | KOTKO (Doctor Stoppage) | R1 · 5:00 | FTF 9: Big Monster vs. Gigantinho |
Wins, losses and draws are Paulo Costa’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 17 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Paulo Costa’s record, in numbers
Paulo Costa’s official record is 16-4. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 17 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 13 wins, 4 losses — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 13 wins break down as 9 by knockout, 1 by submission and 3 by decision — 10 of 13 inside the distance, a finish rate of 77%. Across all 17 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 56 seconds.
Paulo Costa has been stopped once in the 17 bouts on file, by knockout — 6% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both wins.
Of the 17 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 3 were for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Two of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 498 Heavyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Paulo Costa has a finish rate above 51% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 89% of them and a two-year bout count above 76% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Paulo Costa is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 72in, fights orthodox and is 35, born 20 April 1991.
These figures are recomputed from Paulo Costa’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.