Constantinos Philippou born November 29, 1979) is a retired Cypriot mixed martial artist.
Costas fought in the Golden Gloves two months after coming to the United States, but lost in the finals at Madison Square Garden by a split decision to Nagy Aguilera.
Philippou made his professional MMA debut in May 2008 for the Ring of Combat promotion, losing to fellow future UFC fighter Ricardo Romero by split decision.
Philippou had previously trained with the Serra-Longo Fight Team, but as of May 30, 2013, he decided to switch camps to Bellmore Kickboxing Academy.
However, he never made it as part of the cast to move into the house after losing to Joseph Henle via submission in the opening elimination bout.
Philippou was expected to face BJJ black belt Rafael Natal on August 6, 2011, at UFC 133, replacing an injured Riki Fukuda.
[9] Philippou was expected to face Nick Ring on November 17, 2012, at UFC 154[10] however, the fight was cancelled on the day of the event as Ring fell ill.[11] Philippou replaced his injured training partner Chris Weidman against Tim Boetsch at UFC 155 on December 29, 2012.
[13] However, Philippou pulled out of the bout in early May, citing a cut above his eye, and was replaced by Chris Camozzi.