Costa vs Hendricks

Who won Costa vs Hendricks?

Paulo Costa beat Johny Hendricks by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 217, on Saturday 4th November 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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 Hendricks stats

Paulo Costa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Johny Hendricks made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Johny Hendricks' came in at 13-8-0.

The stats suggested Costa had a massive power advantage over Hendricks, boasting a 90% knock out percentage over Hendricks' 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Costa had a slight advantage over Hendricks, with a 10% submission rate over Hendricks' 6%.

Paulo Costa was the younger man by 7 years, at 33 years old.

Costa had a height advantage of 4 inches over Hendricks. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Costa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 4 months later than Hendricks, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 36 to Hendricks' 67.

Costa vs Hendricks 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 4 years, 11 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Hendricks' last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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