Miller vs Motta

Who won Miller vs Motta?

Jim Miller beat Nikolas Motta by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 19th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Miller vs Motta stats

Jim Miller stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 18 by submission.

Nikolas Motta made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jim Miller's 45th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008. Nikolas Motta marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Jim Miller's UFC record stood at 27-17-0, while Nikolas Motta's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Motta had a massive power advantage over Miller, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Miller's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miller had a massive advantage over Motta, boasting a 55% submission rate over Motta's 0%.

Jim Miller was the older man by 9 years, at 41 years old.

Motta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Miller. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Miller was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Motta, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 84 more professional rounds, 123 to Motta's 39.

Miller vs Motta form

Jim Miller had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Anthony Pettis at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Dustin Poirier at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had won against Thiago Alves at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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Miller's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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