Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-01, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Costa vs Strickland is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 1st, at the Prudential Center in Newark (New Jersey, United States), in a 5-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier – UFC 302. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Sean Strickland record
The black belt in Bjj and former Ufc Mw champ Sean Strickland entered this fight with a pro mma record of 28-6-0 (54% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 middleweight in the world.
In his last three fights he has beat Abusupiyan Magomedov (Sean Strickland vs Abusupiyan Magomedov) and Israel Adesanya (bout ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023, Israel Adesanya vs Sean Strickland) but then he has lost to current #1 Mw Dricus Du Plessis (Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis).
Paulo Costa record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Paulo Costa, has a record of 14-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 in the middleweight division.
He won just one out of his last four bouts, against Luke Rockhold in 2022 (Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold), after this match he has lost to Robert Whittaker (Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa).
Among the best fights of Costa we suggest a four 4-stars fight of 2019: Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa.
Fight card
Here is the UFC 302 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier
Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa
Kevin Holland vs Michal Oleksiejczuk
Alex Morono vs Niko Price
Randy Brown vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN 2/ ESPN+)
Roman Kopylov vs Cesar Almeida
Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov
Grant Dawson vs Joe Solecki
Philip Rowe vs Jake Matthews
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Bassil Hafez vs Mickey Gall
Ailin Perez vs Joselyne Edwards
Andre Lima vs Mitch Raposo
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 302 countdown Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won Strickland vs Costa fight?
Sean Strickland defeated Paulo Costa via split decision. Scores were 46–49, 50–45, 49–46.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 302 post-fight octagon interview of Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa.
