Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Sean Strickland; Dave Tirelli had it for Paulo Costa.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Sean Strickland |
| 0 |
| 24/56 |
| 24/56 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:01 |
| 5 |
| 16 |
| 3 |
| Paulo Costa | 0 | 31/43 | 31/43 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 4 | 17 | 10 |
| R2 | Sean Strickland | 0 | 25/70 | 25/70 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
| Paulo Costa | 0 | 32/49 | 32/49 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 2 | 16 | 14 |
| R3 | Sean Strickland | 0 | 45/83 | 45/83 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 28 | 15 | 2 |
| Paulo Costa | 0 | 34/54 | 34/54 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 7 | 17 | 10 |
| R4 | Sean Strickland | 0 | 39/88 | 39/88 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 22 | 14 | 3 |
| Paulo Costa | 0 | 29/53 | 29/53 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| R5 | Sean Strickland | 0 | 49/105 | 49/105 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 37 | 11 | 1 |
| Paulo Costa | 0 | 32/67 | 32/67 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 6 | 21 | 5 |
