Ground game
23 DThin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
- 0.30 takedowns / 15 at 43% accuracy
- 0.00 submission attempts / 15 · 1 career sub wins
Light Heavyweight
“The Eraser”
16-4
SLpM
6.15
SApM
2.45
Str Acc
61%
Str Def
56%
TD Avg
0.30
TD Acc
43%
TD Def
84%
Sub Avg
0.00
Power striker
Fight IQ
Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 20 career fights for Paulo Costa. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.
IQ
Ground
Defense
Counter
Reaction
proxy
Agility
proxy
TD react
Chin
Punching agility
Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.
Durability
Standard UFC durability. Can be hurt, usually recovers if the shot is not clean.
Ground game
Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
Paulo Costa “The Eraser” is a 35-year-old Orthodox light heavyweight out of Brazil, camped at Team Borracha. The tape read: power striker. Career mark 16-4-0 — 8 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission, 7 by decision. Fight IQ grades B (70).
What works. Punching agility is the standout at 76 (B+). Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized. Ground game D on 0.30 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 56% / 2.45 SApM. Counter punching C+; punching agility B+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction B on 84% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.
Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (23, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.
The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Costa yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.
Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.
This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.
Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.
Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.
Can stuff the first shot. Chain wrestling and the second entry are the real test.
Standard UFC durability. Can be hurt, usually recovers if the shot is not clean.
| Date | Opponent | Res | Method | Rnd | Sig |
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