Paulo Costa
“Borrachinha”
Paulo Costa is ranked 23rd of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 6th in the UFC’s own light heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,97123rd of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.51Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,977, 11 Apr 2026
- Record
- 16–4Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2026 | Won vs Azamat MurzakanovUFC 327 - Prochazka vs. Ulberg · TKO (Head Kick), R3 | +29 |
| 19 Jul 2025 | Won vs Roman KopylovUFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +28 |
| 1 Jun 2024 | Lost to Sean StricklandUFC 302 - Makhachev vs. Poirier · Decision (Split), R5 | −5 |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Lost to Robert WhittakerUFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −24 |
| 20 Aug 2022 | Won vs Luke RockholdUFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +44 |
| 23 Oct 2021 | Lost to Marvin VettoriUFC Fight Night 196 - Costa vs. Vettori · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −19 |
| 26 Sept 2020 | Lost to Israel Adesanya TitleUFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R2 | −21 |
| 17 Aug 2019 | Won vs Yoel RomeroUFC 241 - Cormier vs. Miocic 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +32 |
| 7 Jul 2018 | Won vs Uriah HallUFC 226 - Miocic vs. Cormier · TKO (Punches), R2 | +24 |
| 4 Nov 2017 | Won vs Johny HendricksUFC 217 - Bisping vs. St. Pierre · TKO (Punches), R2 | +54 |
| 3 Jun 2017 | Won vs Oluwale BamgboseUFC 212 - Aldo vs. Holloway · TKO (Punches), R2 | +4 |
| 11 Mar 2017 | Won vs Garreth McLellanUFC Fight Night 106 - Belfort vs. Gastelum · TKO (Punches), R1 | +50 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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