Elliott vs Nicolau

Who won Elliott vs Nicolau?

Matheus Nicolau beat Tim Elliott by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Matheus Nicolau.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Elliott vs Nicolau stats

Tim Elliott stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Matheus Nicolau made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Matheus Nicolau marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Tim Elliott's UFC record stood at 9-11-0, while Matheus Nicolau's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Nicolau had a slight advantage in power over Elliott, with a 25% knock out percentage over Elliott's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Elliott had a slight advantage over Nicolau, with a 35% submission rate over Nicolau's 31%.

Tim Elliott was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Elliott had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nicolau. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Elliott was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Nicolau, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 84 to Nicolau's 55.

Elliott vs Nicolau form

Nicolau had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Brandon Royval at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Matt Schnell at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had beaten David Dvorak at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Elliott at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Manel Kape at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Elliott's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Nicolau's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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