Rivalry · 9 recorded meetings

Bruno Malfacine vs Felipe Costa

Head-to-head record

Bruno

Felipe

Bruno

Felipe

2006 → 2013, oldest first

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Across 9 recorded meetings, Malfacine went 8-1 against Costa, with Costa's only win coming in their first bout in 2006.
Six of Malfacine's 8 wins over Costa came by submission, the rest by points.
Malfacine's favorite finish is the armbar with 13 recorded wins, and two of his wins over Costa came by armbar, in 2008 and 2009.
Malfacine carries an 86% win rate on record, compared to Costa's 48%.
Against three common opponents, Caio Terra, Rafael Freitas, and Joao Carlos Kuraoka, Malfacine posted winning records while Costa went 0-1 against each.

The rivalry

Bruno Malfacine and Felipe Costa met 9 times on record, and the ledger is lopsided: Malfacine holds an 8 to 1 edge. The one Costa win came earliest, a points decision at the 2006 IBJJF World Championship quarter-finals. Every meeting after that went to Malfacine, and he closed a good share of them by submission, including an Armbar at the 2009 IBJJF World Championship and another armbar at the 2008 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

The styles show up in how the matches ended. Malfacine finished several of these with submissions from varied positions, a Gi Choke From Back at the 2010 IBJJF Pan Championship and a Footlock at the 2007 World Championship among them. When they went the distance, as in the 2010 and 2011 Brazilian National finals, Malfacine won on points instead. Costa's path to his single win was the same points route.

The broader records line up with the head to head. Malfacine sits at 84 wins and 13 losses on record with an 86% win rate, while Costa is at 19 wins and 21 losses for a 48% win rate. Against shared opponents the gap holds as well, with Malfacine going 8-4 against Caio Terra where Costa went 0-1.