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UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
15-4 · BRA
VS
April 11, 2026 · Miami, Florida, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Paulo Costa def. Azamat Murzakanov by KO/TKO (Kick), R3 1:23
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Costa21/310/000:31
Murzakanov7/260/000:00
R2
Costa19/310/100:49
Murzakanov23/381/200:20
R3 · 1:23
Costa15/180/010:00
Murzakanov4/60/000:00
Total
Costa55/800/111:20
Murzakanov34/701/200:20

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 probabilityMurzakanov
37.0%63.0%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
7%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Murzakanov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Costa37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%38%17%
Submission3%7%4%
Decision20%55%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2167)act 55
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Murzakanov63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%43%30%
Submission5%8%4%
Decision31%49%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2683)act 34
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R212%
R312%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Costa
42.2%+135
Murzakanov
-13557.0%
Most takedownstie 56.7%
Costa
19.6%+121
Murzakanov
-12123.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
39.6%
+153
Under 49.5
60.4%
-153
062124
Murzakanov
Expected: 61.5
61.5
Over 61.5
39.7%
+152
Under 61.5
60.3%
-152
077154
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.1%
+316
Under 0.5
75.9%
-316
035
Murzakanov
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.1%
+256
Under 0.5
71.9%
-256
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 10.8 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
Costa37.0%30.8%+6.2+210
Murzakanov63.0%69.2%−6.2-263
By method
Costa by KO/TKO15.2%16.9%−1.7+405
Costa by submission2.7%3.6%−0.9+2249
Costa by decision19.1%13.5%+5.6+533
Murzakanov by KO/TKO25.9%30.2%−4.3+182
Murzakanov by submission4.6%4.0%+0.6+2047
Murzakanov by decision32.5%31.8%+0.7+168
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.1%68.0%+8.1-268
Over 2.5 rds63.7%51.3%+12.4-122
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision51.5%47.0%+4.5-101

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
67.5Striking78.6
Murzakanov +11.1
46.6Grappling34.8
Costa +11.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaMurzakanov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1586
Pound-for-pound
1625
1513
Divisional
1626
1531
Striking offense
1538
1486
Striking defense
1514
1483
Grappling offense
1486
1549
Grappling defense
1535
Physical
34 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.26
Strikes landed / min
4.79
59%
Strike accuracy
58%
6.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
49%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.32
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
50%
Takedown accuracy
17%
80%
Takedown defense
88%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+6
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
57%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Costa
  • WRoman KopylovU-DEC R3
    Close +1809mo before
  • LSean StricklandS-DEC R5
    Close +1901y 10mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R3
    Close +1772y 2mo before
  • WLuke RockholdU-DEC R3
    Close -3603y 8mo before
  • LMarvin VettoriU-DEC R5
    Close +1614y 6mo before
Azamat Murzakanov
  • WAleksandar RakicKO/TKO R1
    Close -1006mo before
  • WBrendson RibeiroKO/TKO R1
    Close -62010mo before
  • WAlonzo MenifieldKO/TKO R2
    Close -2781y 8mo before
  • WDustin JacobyU-DEC R3
    Close +1333y before
  • WDevin ClarkKO/TKO R3
    Close -1563y 8mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
73% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Murzakanov — win / loss by method
Record: 16-0-0

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
75% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (10%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Murzakanov
11
UFC fights
6
140.4 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
51.9 min · 8.7 avg
14y 5m
Career length
16y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Murzakanov
181W–51L · 78.0%
Overall
83W–30L · 73.5%
93W–33L · 73.8%
Wins
83W–30L · 73.5%
88W–18L · 83.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Murzakanov
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
53W–32L · 62.4%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
53W–32L · 62.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Costa
Murzakanov
6.39
Landed / min
4.25
57.3%
Accuracy
50.3%
50.6%
Defense
62.6%
0.53
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.73
87.2%
Time at distance
75.2%
Grappling & control
Costa
Murzakanov
0.32
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
80.0%
Takedown defense
87.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
54.0%
Control share
52.6%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head45%(395)div 63%
  • Body41%(363)div 19%
  • Legs14%(121)div 17%
Murzakanov
  • Head70%(175)div 63%
  • Body25%(63)div 19%
  • Legs4%(11)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.

Azamat Murzakanov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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