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Paulo Costa

Current ELO: 1084

Peak ELO: 1112

Rank: #227

Peak Rank: #267

Record: 7-4

Weight Classes: Light Heavyweight, Middleweight

Updated: 2/12/2026

Event	Fighter 1	Fighter 1 ELO	Fighter 2	Fighter 2 ELO	Weight Class	Result	Method	Stats
UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3	Paulo Costa	1063 →1084(+21)	Roman Kopylov	1073 →1053(-20)	Middleweight	Win	U-DEC	View
UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier	Sean Strickland	1152 →1168(+16)	Paulo Costa	1079 →1063(-16)	Middleweight	Loss	S-DEC	View
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria	Robert Whittaker	1182 →1197(+15)	Paulo Costa	1094 →1079(-15)	Middleweight	Loss	U-DEC	View
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Paulo Costa	1074 →1094(+20)	Luke Rockhold	1078 →1057(-21)	Middleweight	Win	U-DEC	View
UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori	Marvin Vettori	1096 →1116(+20)	Paulo Costa	1094 →1074(-20)	Light Heavyweight	Loss	U-DEC	View
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa	Israel Adesanya	1185 →1203(+18)	Paulo Costa	1112 →1094(-18)	Middleweight	Loss	KO	View
UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Paulo Costa	1088 →1112(+24)	Yoel Romero	1161 →1137(-24)	Middleweight	Win	U-DEC	View
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Paulo Costa	1067 →1088(+21)	Uriah Hall	1031 →1011(-20)	Middleweight	Win	KO	View
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre	Paulo Costa	1041 →1067(+26)	Johny Hendricks	1095 →1069(-26)	Middleweight	Win	KO	View
UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway	Paulo Costa	1020 →1041(+21)	Oluwale Bamgbose	982 →961(-21)	Middleweight	Win	KO	View
UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Paulo Costa	1000 →1020(+20)	Garreth McLellan	963 →943(-20)	Middleweight	Win	KO	View