UFC 5 - STRICKLAND VS COSTA

UFC 5 - STRICKLAND VS COSTA

At UFC 302 Sean Strickland takes on fellow middleweight contender Paulo Costa in this 5 round co-main event.

Sean Strickland (28-6) makes his first appearance as the former middleweight champion. His upset unanimous decision win over Israel Adesanya (2023) at UFC 293 could not have been more worthy of a ‘Performance of the Night’. He then flew to Canada to defend his belt against Dricus du Plessis (2024) at UFC 297 and narrowly fell short in a split decision.

Paulo Costa (14-3) is also coming off a hard-fought decision loss. He met Robert Whittaker (2024) at UFC 298 and almost knocked the Aussie out but ended up losing a unanimous decision. That made it 1-3 in his last four with losses to Adesanya (2020) and Marvin Vettori (2021) before his exciting three-round war and win over with Luke Rockhold (2022).