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The Clinch

UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria

17 FEB 2024 / Anaheim, California, USA

Co-main / Middleweight / 3 rounds scheduled

Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa

No photograph on file Robert Whittaker “The Reaper”

15-5-0 entering this bout

Age 33 · 6′0″182.9 cm

Won

Paulo Costa, photograph by Rafaelbruno13 Paulo Costa “The Eraser”

6-2-0 entering this bout

Age 32 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
38/62
R1
27/49
32/55
R2
26/54
25/58
R3
14/48

Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 · 5:00 Referee Mike Beltran

The cards

Judge Robert Whittaker Paulo Costa
Ron McCarthy 29 28
Eliot Kelly 29 28
Mike Bell 30 27

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Robert Whittaker Enters 3-3-0 against STRIKING
Paulo Costa Enters 1-1-0 against STRIKING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Robert Whittaker    Paulo Costa

Bout totals

95
Sig. strikes
67
95
Total strikes
67
63
To the head
39
4
To the body
8
28
To the legs
20
95
At distance
67
0
In the clinch
0
0
On the ground
0
0
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
0:00
Control time
0:00

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Robert Whittaker 38/62 38/62 26/50 1/1 11/11 38/61 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Paulo Costa 27/49 27/49 16/38 4/4 7/7 27/49 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Robert Whittaker 32/55 32/55 20/43 3/3 9/9 32/55 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Paulo Costa 26/54 26/54 16/43 2/3 8/8 26/54 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Robert Whittaker 25/58 25/58 17/50 0/0 8/8 25/56 0/2 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
Paulo Costa 14/48 14/48 7/36 2/5 5/7 14/48 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight No UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight No UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Mike Beltran UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Mike Beltran UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Ron McCarthy 28 - 29. Eliot Kelly 28 - 29. Mike Bell 27 - 30. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Ron McCarthy 28 - 29. Eliot Kelly 28 - 29. Mike Bell 27 - 30. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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