Nascimento vs Mayes

Who won Nascimento vs Mayes?

Rodrigo Nascimento beat Don Tale Mayes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis, on Saturday 4th November 2023 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Rodrigo Nascimento.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Nascimento vs Mayes stats

Rodrigo Nascimento stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Don Tale Mayes made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Rodrigo Nascimento's UFC record stood at 4-1-0, while Don Tale Mayes' came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Mayes had a massive power advantage over Nascimento, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Nascimento's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nascimento had a massive advantage over Mayes, boasting a 60% submission rate over Mayes' 10%.

Rodrigo Nascimento was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Mayes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Nascimento. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Nascimento was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Mayes, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 22 to Mayes' 44.

Nascimento vs Mayes form

Don Tale Mayes had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Augusto Sakai at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Hamdy Abdelwahab at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Josh Parisian at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round.

He had been defeated by Ciryl Gane at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Activity check

Nascimento's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Mayes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nascimento vs Mayes?

Rodrigo Nascimento was a 8/15 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Don Tale Mayes made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.