UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Nolan

Fight completed

Renato Moicano vs Tom Nolan

Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main card · Main event · Bout 12 of 12Meta APEX · Las Vegas, NV

Tom Nolan def. Renato Moicano · KO/TKO · Round 3, 1:28

Renato Moicano portrait

Renato Moicano

Tom Nolan portrait

Tom Nolan

Renato Moicano versus Tom Nolan

Orthodox · Jiu-Jitsu · American Top Team

Moicano’s profile

“Big Train”

Southpaw · Ninja · Team Compton Training Centre

Nolan’s profile

Tale of the tape

MoicanoNolan
21-8-1Pro record12-1-0
13-7-0UFC record5-1-0
37Age26
5' 11"Height6' 3"
156 lbsWeight155 lbs
72"Reach73"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Jiu-JitsuStyleNinja
American Top TeamTeamTeam Compton Training Centre
Won vs Chris DuncanLast fightWon vs Farés Ziam
210Days since last fight147
62%Finish rate55%

How they win

Moicano

21 wins on file

KO/TKO
2
Submission
11
Decision
8

Nolan

11 wins on file

KO/TKO
5
Submission
1
Decision
5
How these figures are measured
Sig. strikes landed per minute
Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
Strike accuracy, all strikes
Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
Takedowns per 15 minutes
Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
Takedown accuracy
Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
Submission attempts per 15 minutes
Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
Finish rate
Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
Days since last fight
From the last bout on file to the date of this one.

Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record. No striking or grappling averages are available for both fighters yet.

Matchup snapshot

Moicano

20 measured UFC bouts, 188.0 minutes

Nolan

6 measured UFC bouts, 54.0 minutes

4.10771 landed of 1567 thrown (49%)
Significant strikes landedper minute
4.72255 landed of 562 thrown (45%)
3.55opponents landed 668 of 1657
Significant strikes absorbedper minute
3.80opponents landed 205 of 398
40%21 of 52 attempts
Takedowns completedof those attempted
27%4 of 15 attempts
64%conceded 15 of 42 faced
Takedowns defendedof those faced
58%conceded 5 of 12 faced
2scored, 4 suffered
Knockdownsscored and suffered
0scored, 2 suffered
About these statistics

Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.

Recent form

Renato Moicano

3-2 in last 5
  • W

    vs Chris Duncan

    Submission · R2 · 3:14

    · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan

    Sig. strikes 21 of 36 · Takedowns 1 of 4

  • L

    vs Beneil Dariush

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira

    Sig. strikes 31 of 61 · Takedowns 0 of 3 · 1 knockdown

  • L

    vs Islam Makhachev

    Submission · R1 · 4:05

    · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano

    Sig. strikes 9 of 27

  • W

    vs Benoît Saint Denis

    TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R2 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis

    Sig. strikes 50 of 72 · Takedowns 1 of 3

  • W

    vs Jalin Turner

    KO/TKO · R2 · 4:11

    · UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill

    Sig. strikes 36 of 67 · Takedowns 2 of 6

Tom Nolan

5-0 in last 5
  • W

    vs Farés Ziam

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim

    Sig. strikes 31 of 66 · Takedowns 2 of 6

  • W

    vs Charlie Campbell

    Submission · R1 · 4:08

    · UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes

    Sig. strikes 26 of 61 · Takedowns 1 of 1

  • W

    vs Viacheslav Borshchev

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

    Sig. strikes 69 of 175 · Takedowns 1 of 8

  • W

    vs Alex Reyes

    Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

    · UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya

    Sig. strikes 84 of 176

  • W

    vs Victor Martinez

    KO/TKO · R1 · 3:50

    · UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy

    Sig. strikes 33 of 64

Statwell Intel

The full analysis is published.

Renato Moicano's record is built on the mat, though his takedowns have landed 1 of 7 lately. Tom Nolan's is built standing, and he has given up takedowns. Over five rounds, a distance neither has much history with, the fight is about who decides where it happens.

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