Paulo Costa was born in 1991, a Brazilian MMA boxer. Costa joined UFC from 2017 to the present. Costa's professional MMA competition is 17 matches, including 14 wins (11 no, 1 submission) and 3 defeats. The three losses of Costa have been taking place in the past 4 years.
During 7 years Paulo Costa played for UFC, he was considered the most “heavy” boxer in this tournament. Statistics show that, in the big events Paulo Costa participated, every champion competed on the same day with him losing the belt. This is an unusual coincidence, and has lasted for many years.
– UFC 212: Jose Aldo lost Max Holloway
– UFC 217: Michael Bisping lost to GSP, Cody Garbrandt lost to TJ Dillashaw, Joanna Jedrzejczyk lost to Rose Namajunas.
– UFC 226: Stipe Miocic lost to Daniel Cormier
– UFC 241: Daniel Cormier lost to Stipe Miocic
– UFC 278: Kamaru Usman lost to Leon Edwards
– UFC 298: Alexander Volkanovski lost to Ilia Topuria
The only one who did not lose belt in events with Paulo Costa was Israel Adesanya. At the UFC 253 event, Adesanya won Costa itself in the Main Event match, thereby protecting the Middleweight weight championship. Since the defeat that time, Costa no longer had the opportunity to compete.
In the latest UFC notice, Costa will return to UFC 302, where Islam Makhachev protects the belt before Dustin Poirier. Although Makhachev is fully assessed on the opponent, and Poirier has only 2 months to prepare, Costa can be a “factor” to help the match results reverse.
The UFC 302 event will take place on 1/6. Up to now, the organizers have announced 13 pairs of matches. This is also one of the events that are expected to create a great effect on fans, as well as to become a lever for UFC 303, where Conor McGregor officially re -export after 3 years of competition.