Costa vs Kopylov

When is Costa vs Kopylov?

Paulo Costa will face the challenge of Roman Kopylov during the main card of UFC 317, on Saturday 28th June 2025 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight will be contested over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which means the weight limit will be 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Costa vs Kopylov stats

Paulo Costa steps into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Roman Kopylov will make his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

This will be Paulo Costa's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Roman Kopylov will mark his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Paulo Costa's UFC record currently stands at 6-4-0, while Roman Kopylov's comes in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggest Kopylov has a slight advantage in power over Costa, with a 86% knock out percentage over Costa's 79%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Costa will have a slight advantage over Kopylov, with a 7% submission rate over Kopylov's 0%.

Paulo Costa is the older man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Costa has a height advantage of 1 inch over Kopylov. Despite this, Kopylov has a 3-inch reach advantage.

Costa is arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Kopylov, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He has fought 9 less professional rounds, 36 to Kopylov's 45.

Costa vs Kopylov 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.

Kopylov has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he beat Chris Curtis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 on 11th January 2025 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Cesar Almeida at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Anthony Hernandez at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he was victorious against Josh Fremd at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Claudio Ribeiro at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Roman Kopylov has been fighting more than Paulo Costa.

Paulo Costa last fought 10 months and 22 days ago, while Roman Kopylov's last outing was 3 months and 12 days ago.

Costa's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 28 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Kopylov's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 25 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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