Nikolas Motta
USANikolas Motta, “Iron”, is a Lightweight from the United States with an official record of 15-6 (1 NC). Cage Brothers holds 16 of those bouts: 10 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest, the wins coming 6 by knockout and 4 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Nazim Sadykhov at UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. on 21 June 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2025 | Nazim Sadykhov | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 4:17 | UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. |
| Nov 23, 2024 | Maheshate | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo |
| Jan 13, 2024 | Tom Nolan | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 1:03 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 |
| Nov 18, 2023 | Trey Ogden | NC | NCNo Contest | R3 · 3:11 | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig |
| Jun 17, 2023 | Manuel Torres | LOSS | KOElbow | R1 · 1:50 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier |
| Sep 17, 2022 | Cameron VanCamp | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 3:49 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song |
| Feb 19, 2022 | Jim Miller | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Joe Lowry | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 4, Week 9 |
| Nov 16, 2019 | Juan Pablo Gonzalez | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R4 · 5:00 | Cage Fury Fighting Championships 79 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Cesar Balmaceda | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 0:54 | Cage Fury Fighting Championships 77 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Robert Hale | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R1 | 864 Fighting Championship: Fight 9 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Joe Solecki | WIN | KOKO | R3 · 1:08 | 864 Fighting Championship: Fight 5 |
| Dec 18, 2016 | Paulo Machado | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Shooto Brasil: Shooto Brasil 68 |
| May 22, 2016 | Antonio Carlos Ribeiro | LOSS | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 | Shooto Brazil: Shooto Brazil 63 |
| Oct 18, 2015 | Eliel dos Santos e Santos | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Shooto Brazil 58: Fight For BOPE 5 |
| Jun 7, 2014 | Arlisson Leandro de Mendonca | WIN | KOKO | R1 · 4:02 | BC: Bitetti Combat 20 |
Wins, losses and draws are Nikolas Motta’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 16 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Nikolas Motta’s record, in numbers
Nikolas Motta’s official record is 15-6 (1 NC). Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 10 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest — because 6 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 10 wins break down as 6 by knockout and 4 by decision — 6 of 10 inside the distance, a finish rate of 60%. Across all 16 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 7 minutes 20 seconds.
Nikolas Motta has been stopped 5 times in the 16 bouts on file — 5 by knockout — which is 31% of them.
Of the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was the main event of the card. Two of them have come since October 2024.
Set against the 625 Lightweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Nikolas Motta has a finish rate above 37% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 13% of them and a two-year bout count above 75% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Nikolas Motta is listed at 5ft 9in with a reach of 70in, fights orthodox and is 33, born 7 February 1993.
These figures are recomputed from Nikolas Motta’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.