Paulo Costa vs. Uriah Hall

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 10-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
10-9-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 7 yrs
42
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 7"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.9
Layoff (months)Δ 45.3 mo
49.2
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Uriah Hall carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Paulo Costa outworks the Middleweight division — 6.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Paulo Costa absorbs 5.96 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Paulo Costa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.48 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Uriah Hall

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9346.15/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6343.23/min · norm 3.25
9045.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7553.85/min · norm 3.20
59.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.6%norm 47.4%
49.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 53.8%
60.59/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
80.61/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Paulo Costa

Distance 90.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 10.3%)

Uriah Hall

Distance 86.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Paulo Costa

Head 61.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 29.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Uriah Hall

Head 70.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Costa L/AAccMiddleweight med Hall L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 826 / 1430 57.8% 40.5% 507 / 1123 45.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 49 / 62 79.0% 70.3% 37 / 44 84.1% 70.3%
On the ground 59 / 84 70.2% 69.1% 90 / 138 65.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 966 43.7% 38.9% 359 / 925 38.8% 38.9%
To the body 379 / 460 82.4% 71.7% 126 / 212 59.4% 71.7%
To the legs 133 / 150 88.7% 83.3% 149 / 168 88.7% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Costa L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hall L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 836 / 1695 49.3% 39.5% 572 / 1382 41.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 58 / 80 72.5% 70.9% 103 / 143 72.0% 70.9%
On the ground 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.0% 80 / 131 61.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 588 / 1359 43.3% 37.9% 437 / 1242 35.2% 37.9%
To the body 195 / 293 66.6% 71.3% 122 / 181 67.4% 71.3%
To the legs 121 / 135 89.6% 82.1% 196 / 233 84.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
342.9% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
738.9% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.42
2177.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3864.4% def · norm 63.1%
8:245.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
12:056.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:210:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
58:294:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.15/15 · norm 0.47

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hall has more cage time on record.