How many times has Paulo Costa missed weight × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout MMA UFC News How many times has Paulo Costa missed weight By Ujwal Jain Modified 10 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Paulo Costa at his UFC 241 fight Paulo Costa has missed weight only once in his career. On that occasion, the fight had to be bumped up to a weight category above what the fighters had initially agreed upon. It was for his UFC Fight Night 196 middleweight bout against former divisional title challenger Marvin Vettori. A few days before the event, the scheduled middleweight bout was moved to a 195lbs catchweight fight as Costa was having trouble making the limit. By the time the fight came around, it was ultimately contested at light heavyweight. Watch Paulo Costa weigh in at 204.5lbs for his fight against Marvin Vettori below: The Brazilian was fined 20 percent of his fight purse for the weight-missing debacle. Arnab@ArnabArnabi@espnmma @MarvinVettori @BorrachinhaMMA Wtf—— Paulo Costa is expected to earn $48,000 (20% fined for missing weight) as base salary while the earning from sponsorship could be $4,000. So, his estimated total payout will be $52,000.I really hope this isn’t true…this is horrible pay 30@espnmma @MarvinVettori @BorrachinhaMMA Wtf—— Paulo Costa is expected to earn $48,000 (20% fined for missing weight) as base salary while the earning from sponsorship could be $4,000. So, his estimated total payout will be $52,000.I really hope this isn’t true…this is horrible pay To make matters worse, 'Borrachinha' ended up losing the fight via unanimous decision. After being deducted a point due to an eye poke at Vettori in the second round, all three scorecards read 48-46 in favor of the Italian. Image courtesy @ufc.com 'Borrachinha' was recently involved in an altercation with Khamzat Chimaev at the UFC PI. In an interview with InsideFighting YouTube Channel, the Brazilian spoke his mind about the Chechen-born welterweight's weight miss at UFC 279. Paulo Costa speaks about Khamzat Chimaev missing weight at UFC 279 In a recent interview with InsideFighting YouTube Channel, Paulo Costa suggested that Khamzat Chimaev failed to make weight owing to the psychological ramifications in the wake of his scuffle with Costa at the UFC PI. 'Borrachinha' added that Chimaev was completely broken after the altercation: "I was training with Jake Shields on Monday and he came in and he saw us... and his mind is broken on that time and I own him... He got [in] a lot of day after day... I [was] talking to one guy [from] his gym, he said he [Chimaev] just gave up to make weight. And you saw that when he [went] to the scales and smiling and make some fun s***s." Watch Paulo Costa give his take on Khamzat Chimaev missing weight below: Later in the interview, Costa called out 'Borz', asking him to move up to middleweight and fight him next. The Brazilian holds a professional MMA record of 14 wins against two losses. In his latest octagon outing, Costa triumphed over former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold via unanimous decision. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Aziel Karthak × Feedback Thank You! 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