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Nikolas Motta
Nikolas Motta
14-5 · BRA
VS
November 23, 2024 · Macau, China
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Nikolas Motta def. Maheshate Maheshate by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Motta25/630/010:07
Maheshate16/440/000:00
R2
Motta25/540/000:05
Maheshate24/660/000:00
R3
Motta28/490/011:20
Maheshate16/590/000:00
Total
Motta78/1660/021:32
Maheshate56/1690/000:00

Scorecards

Motta vs Maheshate

RdDavid LethabyEvan FieldVito PaolilloCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 3 Motta · 0 Maheshate

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Motta-Maheshate.

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
MottaWin probabilityMaheshate
52.8%47.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
16%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Motta, blue toward Maheshate. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Motta53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%36%
Submission7%14%
Decision27%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 78
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Maheshate47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%22%
Submission9%19%
Decision28%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (2684)act 56
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~112 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R216%
R39%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Motta
42.4%+134
Maheshate
-13456.7%
Most takedownstie 45.9%
Motta
33.9%-168
Maheshate
+16820.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Motta
Expected: 50.2
50
Over 50
39.5%
+151
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.6%
-151
063126
Maheshate
Expected: 62.2
62
Over 62
39.5%
+151
Exactly 62
0.8%
push
Under 62
59.7%
-151
078156
Takedowns — over/under
Motta
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.8%
+145
Under 0.5
59.2%
-145
035
Maheshate
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.5%
+264
Under 0.5
72.5%
-264
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 11.0 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
Motta52.8%31.9%+20.9+200
Maheshate47.2%68.1%−20.9-245

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
46.3Striking48.1
Maheshate +1.8
22.6Grappling12.6
Motta +9.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MottaMaheshate
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1522
1530
Divisional
1522
1506
Striking offense
1505
1481
Striking defense
1503
1492
Grappling offense
1482
1514
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.24
Strikes landed / min
4.14
37%
Strike accuracy
28%
5.44
Strikes absorbed / min
6.74
42%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
81%
Takedown defense
45%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nikolas Motta
  • WTom NolanKO/TKO R1
    Close +28610mo before
  • LManuel TorresKO/TKO R1
    Close +1581y 5mo before
  • WCameron VanCampKO/TKO R1
    Close -1582y 2mo before
  • LJim MillerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1732y 9mo before
Maheshate Maheshate
  • WGabriel BenitezS-DEC R3
    Close -2487mo before
  • LViacheslav BorshchevKO/TKO R2
    Close +1401y 6mo before
  • LRafa GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close +1261y 11mo before
  • WSteve GarciaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1702y 5mo before
Motta — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0, 1 NC

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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
71% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Maheshate — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Motta
Maheshate
5
UFC fights
4
26.9 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
38.9 min · 9.7 avg
14y 2m
Career length
7y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Motta
Maheshate
67W–24L · 73.6%
Overall
55W–21L · 72.4%
21W–6L · 77.8%
Wins
35W–15L · 70.0%
46W–18L · 71.9%
Losses
20W–6L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Motta
Maheshate
82W–41L · 66.7%
Overall
33W–40L · 45.2%
59W–35L · 62.8%
Wins
33W–39L · 45.8%
23W–6L · 79.3%
Losses
0W–1L · 0.0%
Distance striking
Motta
Maheshate
3.18
Landed / min
5.03
31.7%
Accuracy
27.6%
44.0%
Defense
54.7%
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.77
76.0%
Time at distance
77.7%
Grappling & control
Motta
Maheshate
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
81.3%
Takedown defense
45.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
4.4%
Control share
1.0%
Strike target map
Motta
  • Head79%(69)div 63%
  • Body13%(11)div 21%
  • Legs8%(7)div 16%
Maheshate
  • Head71%(115)div 63%
  • Body22%(36)div 21%
  • Legs6%(10)div 16%

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

Nikolas Motta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Maheshate Maheshate
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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