Luke Rockhold vs Paulo Costa
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Luke Rockhold and Paulo Costa met once (2022). Paulo Costa won in 2022 by decision.
SOURCE·Luke Rockhold and Paulo Costa — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Luke Rockhold | Paulo Costa | |
|---|---|---|
| 77″ (195.6 cm) | Reach | — |
| 75″ (190.5 cm) | Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) |
| +2.68% | Reach advantage | — |
| 16–6 | Record | 16–4 |
| 88% | Finish rate | 81% |
| 10 | Longest unbeaten run | 9 |
| 25 | Recorded bouts | 22 |
| Southpaw | Stance | — |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Luke Rockhold | Paulo Costa |
|---|---|---|
| Yoel Romero | L | W |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Luke Rockhold
Paulo Costa
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 25 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
16–6 Paulo CostaThe same, from the other corner — 22 bouts and the cohort Costa is ranked inside.
16–4 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
900 BOUTS