Marvin Vettori vs Paulo Costa — UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Marvin Vettori vs Paulo Costa

Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori

Saturday, October 23, 2021 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Marvin Vettori def. Paulo Costa

Unanimous Decision · Round 5 · 5:00 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)

Referee · Jason HerzogJunichiro Kamijo · 46-48Derek Cleary · 46-48Sal D'amato · 46-48Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00

Marvin VettoriRound 5Paulo Costa

31 / 62Sig. strikes45 / 66

50%Accuracy68%

32 / 63Total strikes50 / 71

0Knockdowns0

0 / 3Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

0:59Control0:23

6.2Pace / min9.0

72%Control share28%

Marvin Vettori

Targethead 87% · body 13% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 97% · clinch 3% · ground 0%

Paulo Costa

Targethead 58% · body 38% · leg 4%

Phasedistance 96% · clinch 2% · ground 2%

Statistical signals

Output edgePaulo Costa landed 45 significant strikes to 31.Striking edgePaulo Costa struck at 68% accuracy to 50%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R4

Pace downMarvin Vettori's significant-strike pace moved -37% from R4 to R5, 6.2 against 9.8 per minute.
Accuracy shiftMarvin Vettori's significant-strike accuracy moved -10 pts, 50% against 60%.
Grappling pressureMarvin Vettori attempted 2 more takedowns than in R4, 3 against 1.
Defensive driftMarvin Vettori absorbed significant strikes +50% faster than in R4, 9.0 against 6.0 per minute.
Pace upPaulo Costa's significant-strike pace moved +50% from R4 to R5, 9.0 against 6.0 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Marvin Vettori

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Paulo Costa

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

190Marvin Vettori sig. strikes

163Paulo Costa sig. strikes

5rounds observed

+76%largest pace swing, R3 to R4 (Paulo Costa)