By The Numbers: Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold

Paulo Costa will continue his efforts to right a listing ship in the choppy waters of the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division when he welcomes Luke Rockhold back to the Octagon in the UFC 278 co-main event on Saturday at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. Rockhold has not fought in almost 1,200 days.

Costa enters the cage on the heels of back-to-back losses, his viability as a top-flight contender very much in question. He last appeared at UFC Fight Night 196, where he dropped a five-round unanimous decision to Marvin Vettori in their Oct. 23 headliner. Rockhold, meanwhile, also finds himself on a two-fight losing streak. He last competed on July 6, 2019, when he succumbed to…