Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-17, good pace with some nice exchanges: the mma bout Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa gets three stars.Costa vs Whittaker is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 17th, at the Honda Center in Anaheim (California, United States), in a 3-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria – UFC 298. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Robert Whittaker record
The black belt in hapkido, karate, bjj, Tuf Ww tournament winner and former Ufc Mw champ Robert Whittaker entered this fight with a pro mma record of 24-7-0 (58% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 middleweight in the world.
He lost two out of his last three fights, the rematch with Israel Adesanya (Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2) and against current Ufc Mw champion Dricus Du Plessis (Robert Whittaker vs Dricus Du Plessis); between these two he defeated Marvin Vettori (Robert Whittaker vs Marvin Vettori).
But if you want to watch Whittaker’s best fights, here is one match ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2020: Robert Whittaker vs Jared Cannonier.
Paulo Costa record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Paulo Henrique Borrachinha Costa, has a record of 14-2-0 (86% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since 2022.
He lost two consecutive fights between 2020 and 2021, against Israel Adesanya (Israel Adesanya vs Paulo Costa) and Marvin Vettori (Paulo Costa vs Marvin Vettori), but he came back to win with Luke Rockhold (Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold).
Among the best fights of Costa we suggest a four 4-stars fight of 2019: Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa.
Fight card
Here is the UFC 298 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria
Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa
Ian Garry vs Geoff Neal
Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo
Anthony Hernandez vs Roman Kopylov
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Amanda Lemos vs Mackenzie Dern
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Justin Tafa
Rinya Nakamura vs Carlos Vera
Brendson Ribeiro vs Mingyang Zhang
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Josh Quinlan vs Danny Barlow
Oban Elliott vs Valentine Woodburn
Miranda Maverick vs Andrea Lee
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 298 countdown Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa 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)
Result
Who won Whittaker vs Costa fight?
Robert Whittaker defeated Paulo Costa via unanimous decision. Scores were 29-28 29-28 30-27.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 298 post-fight octagon interview of Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa.
