Former middleweight title challenger  Paulo Costa looked impressive in his UFC 318 co-main event win over  Roman Kopylov .  He entered the fight coming off back-to-back losses to former champions  Sean Strickland and  Robert Whitaker  and on the verge of falling out of the 185-pound  rankings  and relevance in the division.  Costa set the pace, hurting Kopylov on multiple occasions. He mixed up his offensive attacks and employed a higher output than his Russian opponent