Mats Nilsson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Omari Akhmedov Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier	Jan 3, 2015
L	Luke Barnatt Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	4:24	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa	Mar 8, 2014

Outside the UFC

11-2-1across 14 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 5 sub · 4 decCage Warriors · The Zone FC 10 · SHC 5 · SHC 4 · The Zone FC 8 +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Denniston Sutherland23-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:40	Cage Warriors	Sep 14, 2013
W	Chris Scott6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Cage Warriors	Apr 13, 2013
L	Tor Troeng16-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Zone FC 10	May 6, 2012
W	Alavutdin Gadjiev18-13-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:24	SHC 5	Mar 24, 2012
W	Tom Speer21-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	4:17	Cage Warriors	Feb 11, 2012
W	Nikos Sokolis12-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:41	SHC 4	Apr 30, 2011
W	Gregor Herb15-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Zone FC 8	Feb 26, 2011
W	Ivan Gluhak19-8-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:00	The Zone FC 7	Nov 27, 2010
L	Timo Suhonen12-2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Cage	Sep 18, 2010
W	Mikko Koivumaki4-4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:59	Cage 13	May 8, 2010
D	Toni Linden1-0-1	Draw	—	R2	5:00	Shooto	Nov 28, 2009
W	Nic Osei9-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FG 9	Aug 30, 2009
W	Magnus Cedenblad14-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:49	The Zone FC 4	Apr 25, 2009
W	Martin Lavi1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	The Zone FC 2	May 10, 2008

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Submission

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Decision

4 wins, 3 losses

W4

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.50

Above avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Mats Nilsson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

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

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Mats Nilsson

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

39%58 / 148

Striking accuracy

63%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.63 differential

Landed2.99

Absorbed5.62

54%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Mats Nilsson

Landed per 15

Head

C

48th

26.3

48th

Body

D

38th

7.0

38th

Leg

A

75th

11.6

75th

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

8th

61.9

8th

Body

F

13th

17.0

13th

Leg

B

63rd

5.4

63rd

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	26.3	34	122	28%
Body	7.0	9	10	90%
Leg	11.6	15	16	94%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	61.9	80	260	31%
Body	17.0	22	33	67%
Leg	5.4	7	8	88%

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

Mats Nilsson

83%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.3 min net

On top2.3

On bottom3.6

Offense

Takedowns

A

75th

3.9

75th

TD accuracy

83%

Sub attempts

A

82nd

2.3

82nd

Control

C

54th

2.3 min

54th

Defense

TD defense

D

30th

44%

30th

Controlled

3.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 6
Submission attempts	3
Control time	2:58

Defense

TDs defended	4 / 9
Control absorbed	4:40

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (19min 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

Mats Nilsson

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 19 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Nilsson 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.

NilssonOutput / 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

Nilssonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nilssonattempts / min

Control time

Nilsson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	3.5	8.2	0.21	12%	2
R2	3.3	3.2	4.0	0.00	3%	1
R3	5.5	1.8	2.4	0.80	33%	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

Mats Nilsson

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

27th

24%

27th

Win quality

F

15th

27%

15th

Limited UFC sample (2 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

Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

171-86-6

.665 win rate

Winning-record opponents

12 of 14

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

14

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	Omari Akhmedov	Cross-div ranked	32	Jan 3, 2015
L	Luke Barnatt	Building	15	Mar 8, 2014

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

2 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

—

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

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

11y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Mats Nilsson

Extended layoff

11y 6mosince last bout

vs Omari Akhmedov · Jan 3, 2015

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

29.7

DK avg

47.9

Median

47.9

Ceiling

11.5

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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