Mike Nickels Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Stephan Bonnar

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:14

UFC 73: Stacked · Jul 7, 2007

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 3:10

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale · Jun 24, 2006

Submission

R1 · 3:10

Rear Naked Choke

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale

Jun 24, 2006

Outside the UFC

8-4across 12 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 5 subAFC 6 · Nemesis Fighting · MFC 26 · ROF 36 · MFC 22 +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Robert Drysdale7-0	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:04	AFC 6	Jun 18, 2011
W	Kyle Seals6-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	Nemesis Fighting	Dec 11, 2010
L	Dwayne Lewis15-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:30	MFC 26	Sep 10, 2010
L	Vinny Magalhaes19-12	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:19	ROF 36	Dec 4, 2009
W	David Heath18-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:02	MFC 22	Oct 2, 2009
W	James Funny6-2	Submission	Straight Armbar	R1	1:13	ROF 34	Apr 11, 2009
W	Vladimir Vuckovic7-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:18	ROF 32	Jun 13, 2008
W	Carpaccio Owens2-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:07	ROF 29	Apr 28, 2007
W	Noah Inhofer4-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:06	ROF 19	Sep 10, 2005
L	Craig Zellner4-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:01	ROF 15	Feb 12, 2005
W	James Meyers0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:33	ROF 14	Dec 11, 2004
W	Chris Valle0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:10	ROF 13	Sep 24, 2004

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Submission

6 wins, 4 losses

W6

L4

Decision

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 17%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.27Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Mike Nickels

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

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 finished by strikesin the UFC

Career striking

OverallA78th

52%24 / 46

Striking accuracy

64%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+3.33 differential

Landed4.44

Absorbed1.11

32%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Mike Nickels

Landed per 15

Head

B

64th

36.1

64th

Body

A+

96th

27.8

96th

Leg

F

23rd

2.8

23rd

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

A+

98th

11.1

98th

Body

A+

99th

0.0

99th

Leg

B

68th

5.6

68th

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	36.1	13	31	42%
Body	27.8	10	14	71%
Leg	2.8	1	1	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	11.1	4	13	31%
Body	0.0	0	2	0%
Leg	5.6	2	2	100%

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

Mike Nickels

80%

Takedown accuracy

—

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+6.0 min net

On top9.0

On bottom3.1

Offense

Takedowns

A

81st

11.1

81st

TD accuracy

80%

Sub attempts

A

80th

2.8

80th

Control

B

68th

9.0 min

68th

Defense

TD defense

—

Controlled

3.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 5
Submission attempts	1
Control time	3:15

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 0
Control absorbed	1:06

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (5min 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

Mike Nickels

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 5 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Nickels 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.

Not enough rounds with per-round data to plot a pace curve — this fighter rarely sees the later rounds.

Full per-round breakdown

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	9.6	4.4	1.1	0.93	60%	2

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

Mike Nickels

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

14th

18%

14th

Win quality

C

54th

41%

54th

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

Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Established	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

88-54

.620 win rate

Winning-record opponents

7 of 12

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

12

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	Stephan Bonnar	Established	26	Jul 7, 2007
W	Wes Combs	Unproven	8	Jun 24, 2006

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

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

—

After a win

next bout after a win

0-1

1 bout

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

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 bout

15y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Mike Nickels

Extended layoff

15y 2mosince last bout

vs Robert Drysdale · Jun 18, 2011

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFS

64.70

DK avg

122.20

Median

122.20

Ceiling

7.20

Floor

50%

Boom

50%

Bust

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