Costa vs Rockhold

Who won Costa vs Rockhold?

Paulo Costa beat Luke Rockhold by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 278, on Saturday 20th August 2022 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Paulo Costa.

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 Rockhold stats

Paulo Costa stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Luke Rockhold made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 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 Luke Rockhold's came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Costa had a massive power advantage over Rockhold, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Rockhold's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rockhold had a massive advantage over Costa, boasting a 50% submission rate over Costa's 8%.

Paulo Costa was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Rockhold had a height advantage of 2 inches over Costa. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Costa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 7 months later than Rockhold, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 36 to Rockhold's 41.

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Rockhold's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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