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Matheus Nicolau
Matheus Nicolau
16-2-1 · BRA
VS
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
17-11-1 · USA
October 9, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Matheus Nicolau def. Tim Elliott by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nicolau19/290/000:00
Elliott24/621/401:34
R2
Nicolau31/560/000:00
Elliott29/1010/500:18
R3
Nicolau14/241/102:08
Elliott17/520/100:36
Total
Nicolau64/1091/102:08
Elliott70/2151/1002:28

Scorecards

Nicolau vs Elliott

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.7-28.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 2928 · 14 Nicolau · 0 Elliott

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nicolau-Elliott.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
NicolauWin probabilityElliott
58.9%41.1%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
20%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Nicolau, blue toward Elliott. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nicolau59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%33%10%
Submission11%19%16%
Decision28%48%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 64
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 1
Elliott41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%6%
Submission8%20%9%
Decision22%52%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 70
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R218%
R36%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Nicolau
52.2%-112
Elliott
+11246.5%
Most takedownstie 26.4%
Nicolau
48.8%-196
Elliott
+19624.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nicolau
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
39.0%
+153
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.7%
-153
04793
Elliott
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
40.0%
+150
Under 33.5
60.0%
-150
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Nicolau
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.2%
+131
Under 1.5
56.8%
-131
035
Elliott
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
46.4%
+116
Under 0.5
53.6%
-116
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 10.2 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Nicolau58.9%63.1%−4.2-194
Elliott41.1%36.9%+4.2+159
By method
Nicolau by KO/TKO18.1%10.2%+7.9+708
Nicolau by submission11.6%16.2%−4.6+409
Nicolau by decision29.3%36.4%−7.1+126
Elliott by KO/TKO12.6%5.8%+6.8+1330
Elliott by submission8.1%9.0%−0.9+815
Elliott by decision20.4%22.5%−2.1+266
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.2%75.0%−0.8-400
Over 2.5 rds55.6%66.5%−10.9-248
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.7%63.9%−14.2-214

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
74.6Striking69.5
Nicolau +5.0
72.9Grappling73.1
Elliott +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NicolauElliott
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1498
1559
Divisional
1483
1494
Striking offense
1499
1498
Striking defense
1513
1511
Grappling offense
1525
1542
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
28 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
66"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.79
Strikes landed / min
3.35
52%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.83
Strikes absorbed / min
2.49
68%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.93
Takedowns / 15 min
4.01
44%
Takedown accuracy
49%
100%
Takedown defense
58%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
40%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
25%
Finish rate
17%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matheus Nicolau
  • WManel KapeS-DEC R3
    Close +1117mo before
  • LDustin OrtizKO/TKO R1
    Close -2003y 2mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaU-DEC R3
    Close -2003y 9mo before
  • WJohn MoragaS-DEC R3
    Close +1205y 3mo before
  • WBruno KoreaSUB R3
    Close -1905y 11mo before
Tim Elliott
  • WJordan EspinosaU-DEC R3
    Close -1347mo before
  • WRyan BenoitU-DEC R3
    Close -1411y 3mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R2
    Close -1621y 4mo before
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 9mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoSUB R1
    Close +1552y before
Nicolau — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 17-11-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 5 losses
W
35% of wins
L
45% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
47% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
6win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(44%) 4
5 (83%)Decision(56%) 5
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nicolau
Elliott
5
UFC fights
15
62.3 min · 12.5 avg
Octagon time
183.1 min · 12.2 avg
16y 0m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Nicolau
Elliott
64W–20L · 76.2%
Overall
194W–56L · 77.6%
46W–13L · 78.0%
Wins
65W–27L · 70.7%
18W–7L · 72.0%
Losses
129W–29L · 81.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nicolau
Elliott
79W–31L · 71.8%
Overall
115W–53L · 68.5%
67W–30L · 69.1%
Wins
112W–48L · 70.0%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Losses
3W–5L · 37.5%
Distance striking
Nicolau
Elliott
4.32
Landed / min
4.94
50.4%
Accuracy
37.5%
68.9%
Defense
63.0%
1.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.08
75.5%
Time at distance
39.8%
Grappling & control
Nicolau
Elliott
1.93
Takedowns / 15 min
4.01
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
49.5%
100.0%
Takedown defense
58.1%
1.45
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.15
95.2%
Control share
58.8%
Strike target map
Nicolau
  • Head51%(120)div 63%
  • Body34%(81)div 22%
  • Legs15%(35)div 15%
Elliott
  • Head60%(370)div 63%
  • Body21%(132)div 22%
  • Legs18%(112)div 15%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Matheus Nicolau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.