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New opponent scheduled
Motta is scheduled to compete against Hayisaer Maheshate in a lightweight fight at UFC Macau on Nov. 23, per Damon Martin of MMAFighting.com.
ANALYSIS
Back in September, Motta withdrew from a scheduled fight against L'udovit Klein for UFC Paris. It looked like the former would not compete again in 2024, but that is not expected to be the case. Motta has a chance to go 2-0 this year, his first win logged with an upset over Tom Nolan in January.
Back in September, Motta withdrew from a scheduled fight against L'udovit Klein for UFC Paris. It looked like the former would not compete again in 2024, but that is not expected to be the case. Motta has a chance to go 2-0 this year, his first win logged with an upset over Tom Nolan in January.
Won't fight Sept. 28
Motta (undisclosed) is out for UFC Fight Night's lightweight bout versus L'udovit Klein in Paris on Sept. 28, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Motta will be replaced by Roosevelt Roberts for UFC Fight Night in Paris due to undisclosed reasons. Motta holds a record of 14-5-0 with one no-contest, and he won his last fight against Tom Nolan by TKO (punches) on Jan. 13th.
Motta will be replaced by Roosevelt Roberts for UFC Fight Night in Paris due to undisclosed reasons. Motta holds a record of 14-5-0 with one no-contest, and he won his last fight against Tom Nolan by TKO (punches) on Jan. 13th.
Pulls big upset in Vegas
Motta defeated Tom Nolan via TKO (punches) at 1:03 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
Motta entered with just a single victory in four UFC bouts (1-2, 1NC) and he was probably at risk of a release had he come up short here. Yet, despite entering as a +285 underdog, the Brazilian was able to come up with one massive two-shot combination that dropped the debuting Nolan and led to the tenth knockout victory of Motta's professional career. There are plenty of holes in Motta's game, but he also has legitimate power in his hands, as Nolan found out here. Expect inconsistency moving forward, but the soon-to-be 31-year-old is capable of a performance like this every once in a while.
Motta entered with just a single victory in four UFC bouts (1-2, 1NC) and he was probably at risk of a release had he come up short here. Yet, despite entering as a +285 underdog, the Brazilian was able to come up with one massive two-shot combination that dropped the debuting Nolan and led to the tenth knockout victory of Motta's professional career. There are plenty of holes in Motta's game, but he also has legitimate power in his hands, as Nolan found out here. Expect inconsistency moving forward, but the soon-to-be 31-year-old is capable of a performance like this every once in a while.
Slated to fight rookie in January
Motta will fight Tom Nolan in a lightweight bout on Jan. 13 in Las Vegas, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Motta's fourth UFC contest will come against a rookie in Motta who is coming off a KO/TKO win during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series this past August. The 23-year-old rookie Australian has a foundation in MMA, and he is 6-0 in his young career dating back to 2020. Motta most recent fight versus Trey Ogdon ended in a no-contest back in November, and the 30-year-old Brazilian is now 1-2-0-1 in his UFC career.
Motta's fourth UFC contest will come against a rookie in Motta who is coming off a KO/TKO win during Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series this past August. The 23-year-old rookie Australian has a foundation in MMA, and he is 6-0 in his young career dating back to 2020. Motta most recent fight versus Trey Ogdon ended in a no-contest back in November, and the 30-year-old Brazilian is now 1-2-0-1 in his UFC career.
Extremely fortunate no contest
Motta and Trey Ogden fought to a no-contest (premature referee stoppage) at 3:11 of Round 3 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
He obviously didn't do it intentionally, but Motta owes referee Mike Beltran a nice steak dinner after an error by the latter earned the former a no-contest on his record instead of what would have been a clear loss. Motta looked awful the entire fight and was well on his way to dropping a decision if he saw the final bell. Nikolas found himself in a tight arm-triangle choke with a couple minutes left, at which point Beltran told him to show him he was still in the fight. Since Motta, was, you know, defending a choke, he was unable to do so, prompting Beltran to stop the fight. It was reviewed via replay afterwards and changed to a no-contest -- a very strange outcome and monumental break for Motta.
He obviously didn't do it intentionally, but Motta owes referee Mike Beltran a nice steak dinner after an error by the latter earned the former a no-contest on his record instead of what would have been a clear loss. Motta looked awful the entire fight and was well on his way to dropping a decision if he saw the final bell. Nikolas found himself in a tight arm-triangle choke with a couple minutes left, at which point Beltran told him to show him he was still in the fight. Since Motta, was, you know, defending a choke, he was unable to do so, prompting Beltran to stop the fight. It was reviewed via replay afterwards and changed to a no-contest -- a very strange outcome and monumental break for Motta.