Elliott vs Nicolau

Who won Elliott vs Nicolau?

Matheus Nicolau beat Tim Elliott by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Matheus Nicolau.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Elliott vs Nicolau stats

Tim Elliott stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Matheus Nicolau made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Tim Elliott's UFC record stood at 9-11-0, while Matheus Nicolau's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Nicolau had a slight advantage in power over Elliott, with a 25% knock out percentage over Elliott's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Elliott had a slight advantage over Nicolau, with a 35% submission rate over Nicolau's 31%.

Tim Elliott was the older man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Elliott had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nicolau. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Elliott was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Nicolau, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 84 to Nicolau's 49.

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Elliott's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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