Paulo Costa’s UFC career has been more interesting than most.
He stormed onto the scene after an appearance on The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 in 2014. He won his first four UFC fights to catapult up the UFC middleweight rankings and earn a title shot against Israel Adesanya in 2020.
He was made to look average versus The Last Stylebender, losing by second round TKO. Costa would later blame his first pro loss on too much red wine. He spent over a year on the sidelines and returned to face Marvin Vettori last October.
Costa lost that fight by unanimous decision.