Costa vs Vettori

Who won Costa vs Vettori?

Marvin Vettori beat Paulo Costa by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 41, on Saturday 23rd October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 48-46, 48-46, 48-46 in favor of the winner Marvin Vettori.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Costa vs Vettori stats

Paulo Costa stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Marvin Vettori made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Paulo Costa's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Paulo Costa's UFC record stood at 6-4-0, while Marvin Vettori's came in at 9-5-1.

The stats suggested Costa had a massive power advantage over Vettori, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Vettori's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vettori had a massive advantage over Costa, boasting a 56% submission rate over Costa's 8%.

Paulo Costa was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Costa had a height advantage of 1 inch over Vettori. Despite this, Vettori had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Costa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 months earlier than Vettori, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 32 less professional rounds, 36 to Vettori's 68.

Costa vs Vettori form

Marvin Vettori had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Karl Roberson at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Cezar Ferreira at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

He had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Activity check

Costa's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Vettori's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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