Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov prediction

UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Sunday, 20 July 2025 · Middleweight · main event

Paulo Costa

Brazil · 16-4-0UFC wins: 5 KO, 0 SUB, 3 DEC

Roman Kopylov

Russia · 16-5-0UFC wins: 6 KO, 0 SUB, 2 DEC

Result: Paulo Costa by U Dec, R3 5:00.

Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov: prediction not published yet.

Tale of the tape

Tale of the tape
Paulo Costa	Tale of the tape	Roman Kopylov
16-4-0	Record	16-5-0
Brazil	Nationality	Russia
12	UFC fights	13
34	Age	33
185 cm	Height	183 cm
183 cm	Reach	191 cm
Orthodox	Stance	Southpaw
5 / 0 / 3	UFC wins by KO / SUB / DEC	6 / 0 / 2
1 / 0 / 3	UFC losses by KO / SUB / DEC	0 / 2 / 3
5.9	Sig. strikes landed per minute	4.5
5.7	Sig. strikes absorbed per minute	4.9
0.4	Takedowns per 15 minutes	1.1
0.57	Knockdowns per 15 minutes	0.94

Rates are from UFC fights since 2005, adjusted towards the UFC average for fighters with little UFC time.

Paulo Costa: last UFC fights

2024-06-02vs Sean Strickland R5 5:00L DEC
2024-02-18vs Robert Whittaker R3 5:00L DEC
2022-08-21vs Luke Rockhold R3 5:00W DEC
2021-10-23vs Marvin Vettori R5 5:00L DEC
2020-09-27vs Israel Adesanya R2 3:59L KO/TKO

Won 1 (20%)Lost 4 (80%)

Roman Kopylov: last UFC fights

2025-01-12vs Chris Curtis R3 4:59W KO/TKO
2024-06-02vs Cesar Almeida R3 5:00W DEC
2024-02-18vs Anthony Hernandez R2 3:23L SUB
2023-09-16vs Josh Fremd R2 4:44W KO/TKO

Won 3 (75%)Lost 1 (25%)

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