Costa vs Bamgbose

Who won Costa vs Bamgbose?

Paulo Costa beat Oluwale Bamgbose by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 212, on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Costa vs Bamgbose stats

Paulo Costa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Oluwale Bamgbose made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

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 Oluwale Bamgbose's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Bamgbose had an advantage in power over Costa, with a 100% knock out percentage over Costa's 89%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Costa had an advantage over Bamgbose, with a 11% submission rate over Bamgbose's 0%.

Paulo Costa was the younger man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Costa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Bamgbose. Despite this, Bamgbose had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Costa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Bamgbose, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 36 to Bamgbose's 14.

Costa vs Bamgbose form

Paulo Costa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, he had been defeated by 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.

He had beaten Yoel Romero at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Activity check

Costa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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