Built from Melquizael Costa’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.
5'10" southpaw striker with a 6-2 record, age 29. Form: last 5: WWWWW · on a 5-fight win streak · 70 days off · Elo 1551.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | Melk Cauthy |
| Nationality | Brazil |
| Hometown | Porto de Moz, Para |
| Fighting out of | Chute Boxe Joao Emilio |
| Height | 5' 10" |
| Reach | 71.0" |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Age | 29 |
| Date of birth | Sep 14, 1996 |
| Weight | 145 lbs. |
| Pro record | 26-8 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Melquizael Costa 8×, 6 correct (6-2 — 75% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | Arnold Allen | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Costa | 54.9% | Missed |
| 2026-02-21 | Dan Ige | UFC Fight Night: Leavitt vs Valle | 71.9% | Correct |
| 2025-12-13 | Morgan Charriere | UFC Fight Night: Jr. vs Pat | 56.5% | Correct |
| 2025-05-17 | Julian Erosa | UFC Fight Night: Erosa vs Costa | 65.5% | Correct |
| 2025-02-22 | Andre Fili | UFC Fight Night: Simon vs Basharat | 61.2% | Correct |
| 2024-06-15 | Shayilan Nuerdanbieke | UFC Fight Night: Quinlan vs Fugitt | 67.9% | Correct |
| 2023-12-09 | Steve Garcia | UFC Fight Night: Kenan vs Jousset | 73.9% | Missed |
| 2023-07-15 | Austin Lingo | UFC Fight Night: Lutz vs Baghdasaryan | 70.3% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 26-8. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
