Nick Diaz vs Costa

When is Nick Diaz vs Costa?

Nick Diaz could potentially face Paulo Costa, in Summer 2025.

The fight would be scheduled for 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which means the weight limit would be 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Nick Diaz vs Costa stats

Nick Diaz would step into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Paulo Costa would make his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggest Costa would have a large advantage in power over Diaz, boasting a 79% knock out percentage over Diaz's 50%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Diaz would have a large advantage over Costa, boasting a 31% submission rate over Costa's 7%.

Nick Diaz is the older man by 8 years, at 41 years old.

Costa has a height advantage of 1 inch over Diaz. Despite this, he has a 4-inch reach advantage.

Diaz is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 10 years and 5 months earlier than Costa, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He has fought 54 more professional rounds, 90 to Costa's 36.

Nick Diaz vs Costa form

Paulo Costa has beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Sean Strickland at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Robert Whittaker at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Going into that contest, he had won against Luke Rockhold at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Costa's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 9 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What are the odds on Nick Diaz vs Costa?

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