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History · 2023 · UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira · Steve Erceg vs Alessandro Costa
From the tape · 11 Nov 2023

Steve Erceg vs Alessandro Costa

UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira · New York City, New York, USA
Result

Steve Erceg beat Alessandro Costa

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
FlyweightMain cardReferee · Marc Goddard

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

Red corner SteveErcegWilkes Martial Arts · Myaree, Western Australia
VSOn the tape
Blue corner AlessandroCosta“Nono”Lobo Gym MMA · Alenquer, Para
Flyweight3 rounds11 Nov 2023
14-5
Record
17-5
28
Age
−1 yr27
+4″5' 8"
Height
5' 4"
+1″68″
Reach
67″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
UFC bouts
+12
0/10% of wins
Finishes
1/1100% of wins
Wilkes Martial Arts
Gym
Lobo Gym MMA
Myaree, Western Australia
From
Alenquer, Para
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them, and how the three judges scored that round.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action1 sub attempt
Steve Erceg31 sig landed
HEAD58%18 of 38BODY19%6 of 9LEGS23%7 of 7
Alessandro Costa16 sig landed
HEAD38%6 of 25BODY25%4 of 5LEGS38%6 of 6
31 of 54
Sig.
strikes
16 of 36
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 1
0:49
Control
0:12
1
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 26Clinch 3Ground 2
Where it
happened
Distance 16Clinch 0Ground 0
Judges · this round · Erceg firstChris Bolinski10–9Sal D'Amato10–9Chris Lee10–9
Round 25:00 of action
Steve Erceg24 sig landed
HEAD62%15 of 35BODY33%8 of 9LEGS4%1 of 1
Alessandro Costa24 sig landed
HEAD75%18 of 34BODY12%3 of 5LEGS12%3 of 3
24 of 45
Sig.
strikes
24 of 42
0 of 3
Take-
downs
1 of 3
2:06
Control
0:49
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 12Clinch 9Ground 3
Where it
happened
Distance 18Clinch 6Ground 0
Judges · this round · Erceg firstChris Bolinski9–10Sal D'Amato9–10Chris Lee9–10
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Steve Erceg19 sig landed
HEAD42%8 of 14BODY58%11 of 12LEGS0%0 landed
Alessandro Costa14 sig landed
HEAD50%7 of 11BODY50%7 of 7LEGS0%0 of 1
19 of 26
Sig.
strikes
14 of 19
1 of 5
Take-
downs
0 of 2
3:34
Control
0:13
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 5Clinch 14Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 13Ground 0
Judges · this round · Erceg firstChris Bolinski10–9Sal D'Amato10–9Chris Lee10–9

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

The cards, totalled

The judges’ final totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score. Their round-by-round 10–9s are with the rounds above.

Official card

Unanimous Decision

Referee · Marc Goddard
Steve ErcegAlessandro Costa
Official totals — Steve Erceg first
JudgeTotal
Chris Bolinski29–28
Sal D'Amato2.1 avg spread · 46% wide29–28
Chris Lee2.0 avg spread · 44% wide29–28

Each judge’s round-by-round scores sit with the round they belong to, in the round-by-round section above — switch a round there and the three cards for it change with the stats.

Media cards — 15 scored, Steve Erceg first · unofficial

Combat Press.com30–27
Jay Pettry Sherdog.com29–28
Ben Duffy Sherdog.com29–28
Scottie Smith Sherdog.com29–28
MM AJunkie.com29–28
Jake Noecker Cageside Press29–28
Paul Fontaine WrestlingObserver.com29–28
Dayne Fox BloodyElbow.com29–28
Ryan Frederick WrestlingObserver.com29–28
John Pollock POST Wrestling29–28
Drake Riggs MMAMania.com29–28
Danny Segura MMAJunkie.com29–28
Keith Shillan Sherdog.com29–28
Steve Duncan mma.uno29–28
MM AMania.com29–28

Fan vote · unofficial

29-28 Erceg · 91%29-27 Erceg · 2%30-28 Erceg · 2%

44 fan cards submitted to MMA Decisions.

Official cards come from the UFCStats fight record and MMA Decisions. Media cards and the fan vote are MMA Decisions’ own collection and are not official. Judge tendency figures are that judge’s whole recorded history, not this bout — they are context for how a card was scored, never a claim that it was scored wrongly.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Steve Erceg

1.13takedowns / 15 min
1.13 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.79 / 15m
4.04 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
3.04 / 15m
28%
ACCURACY
26%
0.40 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.40 / 15m

Alessandro Costa

0.79takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.00 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Flyweight

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Steve Erceg vs Alessandro Costa.

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