UFC UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier Final

Lightweight

Manuel Torres vs Nikolas Motta

Manuel Torres
Peru

Manuel Torres

“El Loco”

17-4

Winner

VS
Nikolas Motta
Brazil

Nikolas Motta

“Iron”

15-6

Winner

Manuel Torres

KO/TKO (Elbow · Head · At Distance) · Round 1 — 1:50

17 June 2023 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Manuel Torres beat Nikolas Motta by KO/TKO in round 1 at 1:50.
  • Manuel Torres landed 13 of 17 total strikes, with 0:01 of control time.

Tale of the tape

Manuel TorresNikolas Motta
17-4Record15-6
28Age on fight night30
5′10″ (178 cm)Height5′9″ (175 cm)
73.5″ (187 cm)Reach70.5″ (179 cm)
155 lb (70.3 kg)Weight155 lb (70.3 kg)
SwitchStanceOrthodox
MFC Guerreros PiuranosTeamNova Uniao
Chihuahua, MexicoFromGovernador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fight statistics

13of 17 · 76%Total strikes landed7of 14 · 50%
3of 7Head strikes3of 10
6of 6Body strikes1of 1
4of 4Leg strikes3of 3
1Knockdowns0
0:01Control time0:00

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Manuel TorresRoundNikolas Motta
13/17strikes0/0TD1KD0:01controlR17/14strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Form going into the fight

Manuel Torres

  1. WFrank CamachoKO/TKO R1 3:272022
  2. WKolton EnglundKO/TKO R1 2:102021

Nikolas Motta

  1. WCameron VanCampKO/TKO R1 3:492022
  2. LJim MillerKO/TKO R2 1:582022
  3. WJoe Lowryunanimous decision2020

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Jared Cannonier vs Marvin VettoriMiddleweightunanimous decisionJoaquim Silva vs Arman TsarukyanLightweightKO/TKO R3 3:25Armen Petrosyan vs Christian Leroy DuncanMiddleweightunanimous decisionPat Sabatini vs Lucas AlmeidaFeatherweightsubmission R2 1:48Nicolas Dalby vs Muslim SalikhovWelterweightunanimous decision

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