Biography(references)Costa, the son of odd-jobber Carlos Roberto and Maria Augusta, was born in 1991. He has an older brother, Carlos Costa, who is a former mixed martial artist and one of Paulo's coaches. Paulo grew up in Contagem playing football and eventually picking up Muay Thai at the age of nine in order to learn discipline and avoid street fights he was constantly getting into. A couple of years later, Costa returned to jiu-jitsu and started competing under the tutelage of his brother who was already a purple belt at the time. In order to help his mother with bills, Costa worked in real estate and as an IT teacher teaching Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
Awards & Accolades
Jungle Fight: Middleweight Championship (One time). One successful title defense
Jungle Fight: One successful title defense
Jungle Fight: One successful title defense
UFC: Performance of the Night (Two times) vs. Garreth McLellan and Uriah Hall
UFC: Fight of the Night (Two times) vs. Yoel Romero & Luke Rockhold
MMAjunkie.com: 2019 August Fight of the Month vs. Yoel Romero
Sherdog: 2019 Round of the Year vs. Yoel Romero (round 1)
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