Nikolas Motta Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Nazim Sadykhov

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:17

UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. · Jun 21, 2025

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:17

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.

Jun 21, 2025

W

Maheshate

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo · Nov 23, 2024

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo

Nov 23, 2024

W

Tom Nolan

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 1:03

UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 · Jan 13, 2024

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:03

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2

Jan 13, 2024

NC

Trey Ogden

Lightweight · No Contest · R3 · 3:11

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig · Nov 18, 2023

No Contest

R3 · 3:11

—

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig

Nov 18, 2023

L

Manuel Torres

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Elbow to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:50

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier · Jun 17, 2023

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:50

Elbow to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier

Jun 17, 2023

W

Cameron VanCamp

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:49

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song · Sep 17, 2022

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:49

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song

Sep 17, 2022

L

#14Jim Miller

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:58

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill · Feb 19, 2022

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:58

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill

Feb 19, 2022

Dana White's Contender Series

1-0across 1 bout · wins by 1 dec

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Joseph Lowry9-2	Decision	30–27, 30–27, 30–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Nov 10, 2020

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

11-3across 14 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 3 decShooto · 864 Fighting Championship · CFFC 79 · CFFC 77 · BC +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Juan Gonzalez7-3	Decision	Unanimous	R4	5:00	CFFC 79	Nov 16, 2019
W	Cesar Balmaceda6-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:54	CFFC 77	Aug 16, 2019
L	Robert Hale14-10	KO/TKO	—	R1	2:46	864 Fighting Championship	Nov 30, 2018
W	Joe Solecki13-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:08	864 Fighting Championship	Jul 21, 2018
W	Paulo Machado12-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:35	Shooto	Dec 18, 2016
L	Antonio Carlos Ribeiro18-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:08	Shooto	May 22, 2016
W	Eliel dos Santos e Santos20-19	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Oct 18, 2015
W	Jaciel de Souza Lima6-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:43	Shooto	Oct 3, 2014
W	Arlisson Leandro Tavares de Mendonca6-7	KO/TKO	—	R1	4:02	BC	Jun 7, 2014
W	Rafael Santana Mota2-4	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	1:28	Shooto	Dec 20, 2013
W	Peterson Maffort4-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Aug 25, 2013
L	Claudio Marcelino9-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:53	Shooto	Apr 19, 2013
W	Francisco Moicano0-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:48	Shooto	Oct 20, 2012
W	Caiubi Ajala da Silva0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:25	WOCS	May 18, 2012

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

10 wins, 5 losses

W10

L5

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 10%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.83

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Nikolas Motta

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

2.98 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

2.34 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

Nikolas Motta

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

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

OverallC51st

38%217 / 479

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.15 differential

Landed4.13

Absorbed5.28

68%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%87th168
Body13%60th29
Leg9%58th20

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

Sig. strikes by position

79%Standing

Standing79%172
Clinch6%14
Ground14%31

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Nikolas Motta

Landed per 15

Head

A+

97th

66.4

97th

Body

B

63rd

11.5

63rd

Leg

C

57th

7.9

57th

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

14th

50.6

14th

Body

F

4th

21.7

4th

Leg

F

3rd

21.3

3rd

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	66.4	168	419	40%
Body	11.5	29	38	76%
Leg	7.9	20	22	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	50.6	128	360	36%
Body	21.7	55	68	81%
Leg	21.3	54	60	90%

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

Nikolas Motta

—

Takedown accuracy

100%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.0 min net

On top0.8

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

D

39th

0.0

39th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

C

49th

0.0

49th

Control

D

39th

0.8 min

39th

Defense

TD defense

100%

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	0
Control time	2:02

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 1
Control absorbed	2:04

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (38min 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

Nikolas Motta

6 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 38 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Motta 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.

MottaOutput / 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

Mottalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Mottaattempts / min

Control time

Motta% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.9	5.9	5.6	2%	6
R2	5.6	5.5	8.9	2%	3
R3	6.7	5.6	3.2	27%	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

Nikolas Motta

7 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

35/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

37th

28%

37th

Win quality

C

49th

39%

49th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	2	1-1	50%
Building	2	0-1, 1 NC	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	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	Nazim Sadykhov	Building	18	Jun 21, 2025
W	Maheshate	Unproven	12	Nov 23, 2024
W	Tom Nolan	Ranked 6–15	44	Jan 13, 2024
NC	Trey Ogden	Building	15	Nov 18, 2023
L	Manuel Torres	Ranked 6–15	44	Jun 17, 2023
W	Cameron VanCamp	Unproven	8	Sep 17, 2022
L	Jim Miller#14	Top-5	74	Feb 19, 2022

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

6 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

3-2

5 bouts

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

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 bouts

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 bout

1y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Nikolas Motta

Layoff

1y 2mosince last bout

vs Nazim Sadykhov · Jun 21, 2025

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 2-2

59.00

DK avg

85.80

Median

108.70

Ceiling

8.40

Floor

50%

Boom

33%

Bust

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