Miller vs Motta

Who won Miller vs Motta?

Jim Miller beat Nikolas Motta by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 19th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Miller vs Motta stats

Jim Miller stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 18 by submission.

Nikolas Motta made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jim Miller's 44th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008.

Jim Miller's UFC record stood at 26-17-0, while Nikolas Motta's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Motta had a massive power advantage over Miller, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Miller's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miller had a massive advantage over Motta, boasting a 55% submission rate over Motta's 0%.

Jim Miller was the older man by 9 years, at 40 years old.

Motta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Miller. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Miller was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Motta, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 86 more professional rounds, 122 to Motta's 36.

Miller vs Motta form

Miller had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Erick Gonzalez at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Roosevelt Roberts at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Clay Guida at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Before that, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

He had been beaten by Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Miller's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Miller vs Motta?

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