Matheus Nicolau

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Matheus Nicolau

Record

19-5-1

Streak

L3

Age

33

Date of birth

Jan 6, 1993

Fighting out of: Belo Horizonte
Born: Brazil
Camp: Nova Uniao
Weight class: Flyweight
Height: 5'6" · 168 cm
Reach: 66" · 168 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Oct 19, 2024
Cut risk: 45%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Asu Almabayev

#14Asu Almabayev

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira · Oct 19, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira

Alex Perez

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 2:16

UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez · Apr 27, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez

Brandon Royval

#4Brandon Royval

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:09

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 15, 2023

Knee to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen

Matt Schnell

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:44

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · Dec 3, 2022

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland

David Dvorak

#10David Dvorak

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · Mar 26, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus

Tim Elliott

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez · Oct 9, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez

Manel Kape

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · Mar 13, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad

Dustin Ortiz

Flyweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:49

UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 · Jul 28, 2018

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2

Louis Smolka

#13Louis Smolka

Flyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm · Dec 30, 2017

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm

John Moraga

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale · Jul 8, 2016

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale

Bruno Korea

Bantamweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Half Guard · R3 · 3:27

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 · Nov 7, 2015

Guillotine Choke From Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3

Outside the UFC

12-1-1across 14 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 sub · 4 decShooto · BC · Brave CF 25 · Future FC 5 · Brasil Fight 8 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Felipe Efrain17-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Brave CF 25	Aug 30, 2019
W	Alan Gabriel13-11	Submission	Japanese Necktie	R1	1:18	Future FC 5	May 24, 2019
W	Derinaldo Guerra da Silva22-7	KO/TKO	Punch to the Body	R2	4:35	Shooto	Aug 24, 2014
W	Pedro Arruda6-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:49	Brasil Fight 8	Jun 6, 2014
W	Vanderlei Carvalho Leite7-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Dec 20, 2013
L	Pedro Nobre22-9-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:11	BC	Dec 9, 2012
W	Denison Silva10-13	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	BC	Dec 9, 2012
W	Larry Passos Vargas5-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	4:09	Brasil Fight 6	Sep 21, 2012
W	Gilberto Dias29-8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Jun 29, 2012
W	Michael Daboville6-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	Lions FC 2	Mar 10, 2012
W	Damien Pighiera6-6	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	4:26	Lions FC	Oct 15, 2011
D	Larry Passos Vargas5-7-1	Draw	—	R3	5:00	Brasil Fight 5	Sep 3, 2011
W	Fernando Silva0-1	KO/TKO	Cut	R2	0:00	Brasil Fight 4	Apr 9, 2011
W	Pedro Alves Chalita5-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:35	PLEF	Aug 7, 2010

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

Career striking

OverallB63rd

51%408 / 786

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.33 differential

Landed3.31

Absorbed2.98

78%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head52%46th214
Body34%82nd137
Leg14%54th57

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

Sig. strikes by position

87%Standing

Standing87%354
Clinch1%4
Ground12%50

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Matheus Nicolau

Matheus Nicolau

Landed per 15

Head

C

42nd

26.0

42nd

Body

A+

86th

16.7

86th

Leg

C

51st

6.9

51st

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

B

67th

25.4

67th

Body

B

61st

9.5

61st

Leg

D

30th

9.8

30th

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	26.0	214	523	41%
Body	16.7	137	190	72%
Leg	6.9	57	73	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.4	209	836	25%
Body	9.5	78	139	56%
Leg	9.8	81	100	81%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Matheus Nicolau

Matheus Nicolau

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 123 min

117%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Nicolau builds (+13% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nicolau lifts to 117% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Matheus Nicolau

Nicolau ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

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

Matheus Nicolau

Nicolaulanded / min

Takedown attempts

Matheus Nicolau

Nicolauattempts / min

Control time

Matheus Nicolau

Nicolau% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.6	2.7	2.4	0.12	13%	11
R2	5.2	4.4	4.1	0.15	10%	9
R3	4.8	3.0	2.6	0.33	22%	7

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

Matheus Nicolau

Matheus Nicolau

11 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

69/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

93rd

72%

93rd

Win quality

A+

86th

55%

86th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

5

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	5	3-2	60%
Ranked 6–15	5	3-2	60%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Asu Almabayev#14	Ranked 6–15	69	Oct 19, 2024
L	Alex Perez#8	Top-5	78	Apr 27, 2024
L	Brandon Royval#4	Top-5	87	Apr 15, 2023
W	Matt Schnell#7	Ranked 6–15	73	Dec 3, 2022
W	David Dvorak#10	Ranked 6–15	69	Mar 26, 2022
W	Tim Elliott#9	Top-5	75	Oct 9, 2021
W	Manel Kape	Top-5	59	Mar 13, 2021
L	Dustin Ortiz#9	Ranked 6–15	73	Jul 28, 2018
W	Louis Smolka#13	Ranked 6–15	68	Dec 30, 2017
W	John Moraga#6	Top-5	79	Jul 8, 2016
W	Bruno Korea	Unproven	8	Nov 7, 2015

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.