Costa vs Romero

Who won Costa vs Romero?

Paulo Costa beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 241, on Saturday 17th August 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced 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 Romero stats

Paulo Costa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Yoel Romero made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 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 Yoel Romero's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Costa had a slight advantage in power over Romero, with a 92% knock out percentage over Romero's 85%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Costa had a slight advantage over Romero, with a 8% submission rate over Romero's 0%.

Paulo Costa was the younger man by 14 years, at 33 years old.

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

Costa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 2 months later than Romero, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 32 less professional rounds, 36 to Romero's 68.

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Costa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Romero's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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