Melquizael Costa
“The Dalmatian”
Featherweight
Brazil#12 FeatherweightUFC
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26WINS
7LOSSES
0DRAWS
9KO/TKO
8SUB
9DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 29 · born Sep 14, 1996 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′10″ 178 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 71″ 180 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 40.5″ 103 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Southpaw UFCStats
- Weight class
- Featherweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #12 Featherweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Chute Boxe UFC.com
- Born
- Porto de Moz, Brazil UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Brazil UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jan. 21, 2023 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 11 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
47%Striking accuracy462 of 983 landed
0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 31 landed
4.29Sig. strikes landedper min
3.19Sig. strikes absorbedper min
50%Striking defense
1.53Takedownsper 15 min
51%Takedown defense
0.84Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.28Knockdownsper 15 min
10:46Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 10 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Arnold Allen | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | May 16, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Dan Ige | KO/TKO | 1 | Feb 21, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Morgan Charriere | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 13, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Julian Erosa | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 17, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Christian Rodriguez | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 29, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Andre Fili | Submission | 1 | Feb 22, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Shayilan Nuerdanbieke | Submission | 3 | Jun 15, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Steve Garcia | KO/TKO | 2 | Dec 9, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Austin Lingo | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 15, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Thiago Moises | Submission | 2 | Jan 21, 2023 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.