Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-07-19, some good single shots but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov gets two.Kopylov vs Costa is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 19th, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans (Louisiana, United States), in a 3-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3 – UFC 318. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Paulo Costa record
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Paulo Henrique Borrachinha Costa entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-4-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 middleweight in the world.
He won just one out of his last five bouts, against Luke Rockhold in 2022 (Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold) after this match he has lost to Robert Whittaker (Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa) and to Sean Strickland (Sean Strickland vs Paulo Henrique Borrachinha Costa).
Among the best fights of Costa we suggest a four 4-stars fight of 2019: Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa.
Roman Kopylov record
His opponent, Roman Kopylov, has a record of 14-3-0 (86% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.22 in the middleweight division.
He lost to Anthony Hernandez last year (Anthony Hernandez vs Roman Kopylov) but then he has defeated Cesar Almeida and Chris Curtis (Chris Curtis vs Roman Kopylov).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 318 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3
Paulo Costa vs Roman Kopylov
Kevin Holland vs Daniel Rodriguez
Patricio Freire vs Dan Ige
Daniel Zellhuber vs Michael Johnson
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)
Kyler Phillips vs Vinicius Oliveira
Brendan Allen vs Marvin Vettori
Nikolay Veretennikov vs Francisco Prado
Robert Valentin vs Ateba Abega Gautier
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+ / Disney+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Islam Dulatov vs Adam Fugitt
Jimmy Crute vs Marcin Prachnio
Ryan Spann vs Lukasz Brzeski
Brunno Ferreira vs Jackson Mcvey
Nicolle Caliari vs Carli Judice
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Paulo Henrique Borrachinha Costa vs Roman Kopylov as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won Costa vs Kopylov fight?
Paulo Costa defeated Roman Kopylov via unanimous decision. Scores were 30–27, 30–27, 29–28.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 318 post-fight octagon interview of Paulo Henrique Borrachinha Costa and Roman Kopylov.
