Paulo Henrique Costa is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist with number 6 in the UFC middleweight rankings.
Paulo Costa has an older brother called, Carlos Costa, a former mixed martial artist and his personal coach. The celebrity fighter began his journey as a footballer and started picking up Muay Thai at age nine for discipline seek.
Paulo Costa is nicknamed ‘The Eraser’ by his trainer, Eric Albarracin. The inspiration came from an Arnold Schwarzenegger film called ‘Eraser’. Paulo Costa was previously named ‘Borrachinha’, by his brother, Carlos Costa due to Paulo’s flexibility.
Paulo Costa is currently dating Tamara Alves, who got into the public’s eye after their relationship surfaced on the internet. Tamara Alves is an entrepreneur, who owns a supplement and fitness accessories brand called MundoFit.
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Paulo Costa was born on 21 April 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was born to his parents, Carlos Roberto and Maria Augusta. His father was an odd jobber but information about his mother remains undisclosed.
However, it’s been disclosed that Paulo Costa used to do some IT works in MS Word and MS Excel to support his mother financially. Paulo Costa’s father died of throat cancer when Paulo was 7 years old, which led him to join a jiu-jitsu gym with his brother.