UFC 318 Live blog: Paulo Costa against Roman Kopylov

This is the UFC 318 Live Blog for Paulo Costa against Roman Kopylov, the Co-Main event in middle weight on Saturday in the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

Costa (14-4) hangs on 14th place in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings. Costa, a unique title challenger, has won one in his last five games since 2018.

The trend in the opposite direction is Kopylov (14-3), winner of two in a row and six of his last seven. After a 0-2 start in his UFC career, Kopylov found his finishing touch and rattled against Anthony Hernandez against four directs in February 2024.

Take a look at the UFC 318 Live blog for Paulo Costa against Roman Kopylov.