Dana White's Contender Series: Season 10, Week 72d 16h 46m

Fighters PPV Fight Nights

Melquizael Costa

26-8-0

10

UFC fights

2

On Paramount+

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa

Last event

Nickname

"The Dalmatian"

HT / WT

5' 10" · 145 lbs

Reach

71"

Age

30 (Sep 14, 1996)

Nationality

Brazil

(T)KO

2

SUB

2

DEC

3

UFC Fight History

vs. Arnold Allen

KO/TKO · R1 4:56

vs. Morgan Charrière

KO/TKO · R1 1:14

vs. Julian Erosa

10 fights · 2 on Paramount+

Arnold Allen

WIN · -117

Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00

vs

Melquizael Costa

LOSS · +1770

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. CostaFeatherweight

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W

vs. Christian Rodriguez

Dec (U)

2025

vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

vs. Steve Garcia

KO/TKO · R2 1:01

vs. Austin Lingo

vs. Thiago Moises

Fight stats

1KD0

156/222Tot Str118/280

98/152Sig Str100/254

81/134Head47/173

6/7Body20/42

11/11Legs33/39

7/7TD0/4

0Sub Att0

9:28Control1:45

Dan Ige

LOSS · +225

vs

Melquizael Costa

WIN · -240

KO/TKO (Spinning Back Kick) · R1 4:56

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. HernandezFeatherweight

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Fight stats

0KD1

12/16Tot Str26/48

7/11Sig Str19/40

2/5Head9/26

2/3Body7/9

3/3Legs3/5

1/3TD1/1

0Sub Att0

1:31Control0:32

Melquizael Costa

WIN · -152

KO/TKO (Kick) · R1 1:14

vs

Morgan Charrière

LOSS · +140

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. KapeFeatherweight

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Fight stats

1KD0

4/9Tot Str2/4

4/9Sig Str2/4

1/3Head0/2

1/1Body0/0

2/5Legs2/2

0/0TD0/0

0Sub Att0

0:02Control0:00

Julian Erosa

LOSS · +140

vs

Melquizael Costa

WIN · -160

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. MoralesFeatherweight

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Fight stats

0KD0

85/202Tot Str128/236

69/173Sig Str102/204

42/140Head67/160

18/24Body16/22

9/9Legs19/22

3/10TD2/3

0Sub Att1

3:34Control0:23

Christian Rodriguez

LOSS · -195

vs

Melquizael Costa

WIN · +180

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. ErcegFeatherweight

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Fight stats

0KD0

77/113Tot Str159/208

64/98Sig Str65/105

36/69Head39/72

23/24Body19/25

5/5Legs7/8

6/15TD1/2

1Sub Att1

6:48Control4:53

Andre Fili

LOSS · +120

vs

Melquizael Costa

WIN · -130

Submission (Guillotine Choke) · R1 4:30

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. SongFeatherweight

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Fight stats

0KD0

7/24Tot Str27/56

7/24Sig Str27/56

4/20Head3/25

3/4Body10/13

0/0Legs14/18

1/1TD0/1

0Sub Att1

0:24Control0:00

Melquizael Costa

WIN · -200

Submission (Rear Naked Choke) · R3 1:50

vs

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

LOSS · +190

UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. TairaFeatherweight

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Fight stats

0KD0

76/106Tot Str20/28

16/35Sig Str6/8

8/20Head4/6

5/10Body1/1

3/5Legs1/1

2/2TD4/10

2Sub Att1

3:00Control6:26

Steve Garcia

WIN · +500

KO/TKO (Elbows) · R2 1:01

vs

Melquizael Costa

LOSS · -230

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. GutierrezLightweight

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Fight stats

1KD0

41/66Tot Str20/25

29/49Sig Str6/10

26/45Head1/5

2/3Body2/2

1/1Legs3/3

0/0TD2/10

1Sub Att0

0:46Control4:41

Austin Lingo

LOSS · +195

vs

Melquizael Costa

WIN · -220

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno SilvaFeatherweight

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Fight stats

0KD0

39/140Tot Str108/236

39/139Sig Str100/220

24/114Head39/133

11/17Body48/73

4/8Legs13/14

0/0TD3/8

0Sub Att1

0:00Control2:44

Thiago Moises

WIN · -365

Submission (Rear Naked Choke) · R2 4:05

vs

Melquizael Costa

LOSS · +360

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. HillLightweight

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Fight stats

0KD0

45/58Tot Str43/71

22/33Sig Str23/50

14/25Head2/19

7/7Body10/18

1/1Legs11/13

4/7TD0/0

1Sub Att0

5:31Control0:02