Nicolau vs Kape

Who won Nicolau vs Kape?

Matheus Nicolau beat Manel Kape by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 21, on Saturday 13th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced 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).

Nicolau vs Kape stats

Matheus Nicolau stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Manel Kape made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Matheus Nicolau's UFC record stood at 7-1-0, while Manel Kape's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Kape had a massive power advantage over Nicolau, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Nicolau's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Nicolau and Kape would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Matheus Nicolau was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Nicolau had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kape. Despite this, Kape had 2-inch reach advantage.

Nicolau was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Kape, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 49 to Kape's 55.

Nicolau vs Kape form

Manel Kape had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kai Asakura at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Before that, he had defeated Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

He had been beaten by Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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