Overview
- Costa halted Ige with a spinning back kick and follow-up punches at 4:56 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 267 in Houston.
- The defeat was Ige’s first career stoppage after 29 previous bouts without being finished, and he entered the event ranked No. 14.
- The victory extended Costa’s winning streak to six and is widely expected to move him into the UFC featherweight rankings.
- The finish was one of the few spinning back kick knockouts recorded in UFC history.
- Post-fight, Costa called out Diego Lopes as fighters and media urged the UFC to award him a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus.