Overview
- Costa stopped Charriere by KO via head kick at 1:14 of Round 1, as confirmed on the official UFC result.
- The featherweight bout was on the UFC on ESPN 73 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and aired on ESPN platforms.
- The victory was Costa’s fourth of 2025, further building on his ongoing winning streak in the promotion.
- Charriere entered after a third-round knockout of Nate Landwehr and had been alternating wins and losses in recent outings.
- FanDuel listed Costa -118 and Charriere -104 before the bout, and MMA Junkie’s analysis had leaned slightly toward Costa based on style and cage size.