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.

Paulo Costa's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, 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 32 years old.

Costa had a height advantage of 1 inch over Romero. Despite this, Romero had 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 37 less professional rounds, 31 to Romero's 68.

Costa vs Romero 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, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 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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