Alex Nicholson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jack Hermansson Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	2:00	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira	May 28, 2017
L	Sam Alvey Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson	Nov 5, 2016
W	Devin Clark Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:57	UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker	Jul 13, 2016
L	Misha Cirkunov Light Heavyweight	Submission	Neck Crank From Back Control	R2	1:28	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson	Feb 6, 2016

Outside the UFC

18-11, 1 NCacross 30 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 16 KO · 2 subPFL · Square Ring Promotions · Xtreme Fighting Championships · TAC · GFC 10 +12

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Yoel Romero17-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:11	GFC 10	May 1, 2026
L	Darion Abbey9-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:17	Xtreme Fighting Championships	Mar 28, 2025
L	Frank Tate8-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:56	GFC 8	Nov 15, 2024
W	Zac Pauga7-4	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R2	1:16	Xtreme Fighting Championships	Sep 27, 2024
NC	Carl Seumanutafa14-15	No Contest	Overturned	R1	4:09	Xtreme Fighting Championships	May 31, 2024
L	Chase Sherman18-14	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:57	GFC 7	Mar 2, 2024
W	Prince McLean9-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:19	GFC 6	Nov 10, 2023
L	Valter Walker15-1	KO/TKO	Retirement	R4	0:50	Titan FC 82	Jun 2, 2023
W	Oscar Sosa15-5	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R1	3:27	Titan FC 78	Jul 29, 2022
W	Tony Lopez65-35	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	1:48	GFC 3	Dec 17, 2021
W	Johnathan Ivey33-58	KO/TKO	Knees and Elbows	R1	1:56	GFC 2	Oct 1, 2021
L	Francimar Barroso27-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PFL	Oct 31, 2019
W	Ezekiel Wily3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:07	PFL	Aug 8, 2019
L	Francimar Barroso27-7-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	PFL	Jun 6, 2019
L	Josh Copeland18-7-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:27	PFL	Oct 5, 2018
W	Jack May11-8	KO/TKO	Leg Kick and Punches	R1	2:03	PFL	Oct 5, 2018
L	Philipe Lins18-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:39	PFL	Jul 19, 2018
W	Jake Heun16-10	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R2	0:58	PFL	Jun 7, 2018
W	Ricco Rodriguez54-27	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:27	CSL	Apr 26, 2018
L	Ryan Spann24-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:24	LFA	Jan 26, 2018
W	Daniel Madrid18-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:42	Iron Boy Promotions	Nov 18, 2017
W	Chris Barnett23-10	KO/TKO	Elbow	R1	0:40	Square Ring Promotions	Oct 14, 2017
W	Demoreo Dennis9-7	KO/TKO	Elbow	R1	1:06	NLFC	Sep 16, 2017
W	Chaz Morgan10-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:03	Square Ring Promotions	Aug 1, 2015
W	Dillon Cleckler11-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	1:34	Square Ring Promotions	Mar 28, 2015
W	Ronnie Phillips4-6	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	4:08	FCF	Jan 30, 2015
W	Chase Sherman18-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Square Ring Promotions	Dec 5, 2014
W	Derrick Brown6-5	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	4:56	TAC	Sep 6, 2014
L	Mark Inge2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TAC	Apr 12, 2014
W	Baraq Hunter2-5	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:37	Square Ring Promotions	Feb 8, 2014

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-7across 10 amateur bouts · 8 promotionsAFC · ROAW · Breakthrough MMA 9 · Breakthrough MMA 8 · Breakthrough MMA 6 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Patrick Edwards1-0	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	AFC	Nov 16, 2013
L	Brad Taylor7-10	KO/TKO	Punch	R3	0:10	Breakthrough MMA 9	Aug 24, 2013
L	Lexton Steed1-1	KO/TKO	Referee Stoppage	R3	1:21	AFC	Jul 26, 2013
W	Mike Miller3-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:22	Breakthrough MMA 8	May 18, 2013
L	Robert Reed4-2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:17	Breakthrough MMA 6	Nov 16, 2012
L	Robert Reed4-2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Fighters Source	Aug 19, 2012
L	Mike McCusker4-0	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:33	Breakthrough MMA 5	Aug 17, 2012
L	Garrick James5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	ROAW	Jun 30, 2012
W	Rick Turner2-1	Decision	—	R5	3:00	Breakthrough MMA 4	Jun 8, 2012
L	Garrick James5-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:17	ROAW	Apr 21, 2012

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

17 wins, 9 losses

W17

L9

Submission

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Decision

0 wins, 4 losses

W0

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.25

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.25

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Alex Nicholson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.49 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

1.09 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Career striking

OverallC57th

43%117 / 268

Striking accuracy

47%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.53 differential

Landed4.12

Absorbed4.65

49%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head57%60th67
Body20%64th23
Leg23%69th27

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

93%Standing

Standing93%109
Clinch4%5
Ground3%3

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Alex Nicholson

Landed per 15

Head

B

62nd

35.4

62nd

Body

A

72nd

12.1

72nd

Leg

A

82nd

14.3

82nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

20th

48.6

20th

Body

F

22nd

13.7

22nd

Leg

C

55th

7.4

55th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.4	67	201	33%
Body	12.1	23	36	64%
Leg	14.3	27	31	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	48.6	92	200	46%
Body	13.7	26	33	79%
Leg	7.4	14	17	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Alex Nicholson

—

Takedown accuracy

50%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.8 min net

On top0.0

On bottom3.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

49th

0.0

49th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

A

71st

0.5

71st

Control

D

41st

0.0 min

41st

Defense

TD defense

D

37th

50%

37th

Controlled

3.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	1
Control time	0:01

Defense

TDs defended	5 / 10
Control absorbed	7:14

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (28min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Alex Nicholson

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 28 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Nicholson hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

NicholsonOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Nicholsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nicholsonattempts / min

Control time

Nicholson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.4	3.4	4.7	0%	4
R2	5.3	5.3	4.8	0%	2
R3	5.0	5.0	4.4	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Alex Nicholson

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

72nd

44%

72nd

Win quality

F

4th

14%

4th

Limited UFC sample (4 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

2

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	2	0-2	0%
Building	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

511-310-3

.622 win rate

Winning-record opponents

22 of 30

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

30

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jack Hermansson	Top-5	56	May 28, 2017
L	Sam Alvey	Top-15	52	Nov 5, 2016
W	Devin Clark	Building	15	Jul 13, 2016
L	Misha Cirkunov	Top-15	51	Feb 6, 2016

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

4 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Alex Nicholson

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Yoel Romero · May 1, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 1-3

36.9

DK avg

32.8

Median

107.6

Ceiling

0.8

Floor

25%

Boom

50%

Bust

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