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Matheus Nicolau
19-6-1tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Matheus Nicolau’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

5'6" orthodox power puncher with a 7-3 record, age 31. Standout metric: hits 46% of takedown attempts; defends 93% of takedowns. Form: last 5: WWWLL · on a 2-fight slide · 175 days off · Elo 1541.

Power puncherElite defensiveDecision machine
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2024-10-19. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

Nicknamepending
NationalityBrazil
HometownBelo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Fighting out ofNova Uniao
Height5' 6"
Reach66.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age33
Date of birthJan 06, 1993
Weight125 lbs.
Pro record19-6-1
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking70
Defence76
Grappling / TD50
Cardio34
Chin16
Fight IQ49

Our record on Matheus Nicolau

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Matheus Nicolau 2×, 0 correct (0-2 — 0% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2024-04-27Alex PerezUFC Fight Night: Llontop vs Padilla52.9%Missed
2023-04-15Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night: Phillips vs Bolanos63.3%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Matheus Nicolau

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD52.4%ACC 40%BODY33.6%ACC 70%LEGS14.0%ACC 80%
FightIQ read Body puncher 33.6% of his landed strikes go to the body — +12.8 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
52.4% acc 40%−10.5 vs field
BODY
33.6% acc 70%+12.8 vs field
LEGS
14.0% acc 80%−2.3 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 87%CLINCH 1%GROUND 12%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

11 UFC fights · 408 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 19-6-1. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Alex PerezUFC Fight Night: Llontop vs Padilla2024-04-27
L · vs Brandon RoyvalUFC Fight Night: Phillips vs Bolanos2023-04-15
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