Matheus Nicolau
11 UFC Fights | 64% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (29%)
Matheus Nicolau UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Matheus Nicolau is 7-4 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-5-1, 12-1 of it outside the UFC. Nicolau competes at flyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'6" with a 66" reach at 33 years old. The last bout was a loss to Asu Almabayev by decision in Oct 2024.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 96th percentile among 115 flyweight fighters (0.73/fight).
Matheus Nicolau's UFC win rate is 64% (7 of 11 fights), and 29% of those wins came by finish. Nicolau averages 0.9 takedowns per fight at 44% accuracy and stops 91% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 19-5-1
- UFC Record
- 7-4
- Height
- 5'6"
- Reach
- 66"
- Age
- 33
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Asu Almabayev · Decision · Oct 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Matheus Nicolau's Last 5 Fights
Nicolau is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Asu Almabayev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira · Oct 2024
- Loss vs Alex Perez · KO/TKO · R2 2:16 · UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez · Apr 2024
- Loss vs Brandon Royval · KO/TKO · R1 2:09 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 2023
- Win vs Matt Schnell · KO/TKO · R2 1:44 · UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · Dec 2022
- Win vs David Dvorak · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · Mar 2022
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Matheus Nicolau vs Average
Matheus Nicolau lands 12.6 strikes in R1 but 14.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Matheus Nicolau's UFC Fight History
11 UFC fights on record (7-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Asu Almabayev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira | 2024-10-19 |
| L | Alex Perez | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:16 | UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez | 2024-04-27 |
| L | Brandon Royval | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:09 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen | 2023-04-15 |
| W | Matt Schnell | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:44 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland | 2022-12-03 |
| W | David Dvorak | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus | 2022-03-26 |
| W | Tim Elliott | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez | 2021-10-09 |
| W | Manel Kape | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad | 2021-03-13 |
| L | Dustin Ortiz | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:49 | UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 | 2018-07-28 |
| W | Louis Smolka | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm | 2017-12-30 |
| W | John Moraga | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale | 2016-07-08 |
| W | Bruno Korea | Submission | R3 · 3:27 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3 | 2015-11-07 |
How Nicolau Ranks at Flyweight
Percentile among the 115 flyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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