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UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
14-4 · BRA
VS
Roman Kopylov
Roman Kopylov
14-3 · RUS
July 19, 2025 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Paulo Costa def. Roman Kopylov by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Costa34/540/010:13
Kopylov11/270/000:00
R2
Costa32/570/000:00
Kopylov16/320/000:00
R3
Costa33/480/200:00
Kopylov21/450/000:00
Total
Costa99/1590/210:13
Kopylov48/1040/000:00

Scorecards

Costa vs Kopylov

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-1010-910-99.9-9.2
Total29-2830-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 13 Costa · 0 Kopylov

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Costa-Kopylov.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
CostaWin probabilityKopylov
51.4%48.6%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
8%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Costa, blue toward Kopylov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Costa51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%
Submission5%10%
Decision28%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (2787)act 99
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Kopylov49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%41%
Submission3%6%
Decision26%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (31101)act 48
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~138 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R213%
R317%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Costa
44.9%+121
Kopylov
-12154.5%
Most takedownstie 49.9%
Costa
27.7%-124
Kopylov
+12422.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 64.4
64.5
Over 64.5
39.7%
+152
Under 64.5
60.3%
-152
081162
Kopylov
Expected: 74.1
74
Over 74
39.5%
+152
Exactly 74
0.7%
push
Under 74
59.9%
-152
093186
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.7%
+196
Under 0.5
66.3%
-196
035
Kopylov
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.6%
+250
Under 0.5
71.4%
-250
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.5 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Costa51.4%34.7%+16.7+180
Kopylov48.6%65.3%−16.7-205

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
67.1Striking66.2
Costa +0.8
49.0Grappling49.2
Kopylov +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaKopylov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1579
1579
Divisional
1579
1530
Striking offense
1538
1482
Striking defense
1493
1492
Grappling offense
1485
1541
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.22
Strikes landed / min
4.96
58%
Strike accuracy
51%
6.56
Strikes absorbed / min
4.86
49%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
75%
Takedown accuracy
42%
80%
Takedown defense
87%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
67%
-2
Win/loss streak
+2
20%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
413
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Costa
  • LSean StricklandS-DEC R5
    Close +1901y 2mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R3
    Close +1771y 5mo before
  • WLuke RockholdU-DEC R3
    Close -3602y 11mo before
  • LMarvin VettoriU-DEC R5
    Close +1613y 9mo before
  • LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1514y 10mo before
Roman Kopylov
  • WChris CurtisKO/TKO R3
    Close -2506mo before
  • WCesar AlmeidaS-DEC R3
    Close -1031y 2mo before
  • LAnthony HernandezSUB R2
    Close +1761y 5mo before
  • WJosh FremdKO/TKO R2
    Close -3251y 10mo before
  • WClaudio RibeiroKO/TKO R2
    Close -2402y before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
11 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Kopylov — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (17%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Kopylov
10
UFC fights
9
125.4 min · 12.5 avg
Octagon time
102.1 min · 11.3 avg
14y 5m
Career length
10y 4m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Costa
Kopylov
167W–48L · 77.7%
Overall
113W–33L · 77.4%
79W–30L · 72.5%
Wins
80W–26L · 75.5%
88W–18L · 83.0%
Losses
33W–7L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Kopylov
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
93W–55L · 62.8%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
93W–55L · 62.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Costa
Kopylov
6.45
Landed / min
6.11
56.8%
Accuracy
49.4%
50.3%
Defense
57.3%
0.48
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.88
86.0%
Time at distance
75.2%
Grappling & control
Costa
Kopylov
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.1%
80.0%
Takedown defense
87.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
53.2%
Control share
44.4%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head46%(361)div 63%
  • Body41%(322)div 20%
  • Legs12%(97)div 17%
Kopylov
  • Head65%(331)div 63%
  • Body18%(93)div 20%
  • Legs16%(83)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Paulo Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Roman Kopylov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.