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Results · UFC Fight Night
Paulo Costa
Robert Whittaker
FinishedMain card · #5
UFC 298 · Saturday, 17 February 2024
DEC29–28, 29–28, 30–27
Round3
Time5:00
Fight time15:00
Middleweight · 3 rounds
LOSS
Paulo
Record15–4–0
Strikes151
KD0
WIN
Robert
KD0
Strikes175
Record27–9–0
WhittakerWDEC29–28, 29–28, 30–27Costa

Stats

Fight totals · finalRecords →
Striking
151
Strikes
175
67
Power strikes
95
0
Knockdowns
0
Target
117
Head
143
12
Body
4
22
Legs
28
Grappling
0/0
Takedowns
0/10%
0
Sub attempts
0
0:00
Control time
0:00
Source: API-MMA · fight totalsshares calculated by mebrdzoli.ge

Dominance

Share
46%Share of strikes54%
41%Share of power strikes59%
0%Fight time in control
0:00 · 0:00 / 15:00
0%

Strike map

Strike map
Costa vs WhittakerStrikes by target
Head77%
Body8%
Legs15%
Head82%
Body2%
Legs16%

Tale of the tape

Career rates · since 2022
CostaWhittaker
9.33
Strikes / min
7.93
0.4
Takedowns / 15 min
0.9
40
Takedown accuracy %
46
9
Control time %
5
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
33
Wins by finish %
50
185
Height / cm
183
183
Reach / cm
187

Key numbers

Key numbers · Whittaker
175

Whittaker: 175 strikes — his average since 2022 is 103 per fight.

Strikes · recent fights
+24

Strike differential in this bout: 175–151.

Differential · this bout
95

Power strikes — 54% of all strikes.

Power strikes · recent fights
0:00

Control time — 0% of the fight.

Control · recent fights

Record and form

Record · last 5
Paulo Costa Middleweight
Record15–4–0
·
Streak2W
Robert Whittaker Middleweight
Record27–9–0
·
Streak1W

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