UFC The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale Final

Roxanne Modafferi vs Nicco Montano

Roxanne Modafferi
United States

Roxanne Modafferi

“The Happy Warrior”

25-21

VS
Nicco Montano
United States

Nicco Montano

5-3

Winner

Winner

Nicco Montano

Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 — 5:00

2 December 2017 · Park Theatre, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Nicco Montano beat Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision after five rounds.
  • Nicco Montano landed 242 of 524 total strikes and 3 of 6 takedowns, with 6:11 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 45-50, 46-49, 46-49.

Tale of the tape

Roxanne ModafferiNicco Montano
25-21Record5-3
35Age on fight night28
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′5″ (165 cm)
69″ (175 cm)Reach65″ (165 cm)
125 lb (56.7 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Syndicate MMATeamFit NHB
Wilmington, Delaware, United StatesFromShiprock, New Mexico, United States

Fight statistics

154of 433 · 36%Total strikes landed242of 524 · 46%
132of 401Head strikes187of 457
13of 22Body strikes16of 27
9of 10Leg strikes39of 40
2of 9Takedowns3of 6
1Submission attempts1
3:05Control time6:11

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

Round by round

Roxanne ModafferiRoundNicco Montano
33/72strikes1/2TD0KD0:51controlR133/79strikes1/1TD0KD1:29control
26/106strikes1/2TD0KD1:01controlR263/127strikes0/1TD0KD0:00control
38/122strikes0/0TD0KD0:02controlR353/135strikes0/1TD0KD0:16control
30/74strikes0/2TD0KD0:48controlR454/109strikes1/1TD0KD1:32control
27/59strikes0/3TD0KD0:23controlR539/74strikes1/2TD0KD2:54control

Judges’ scorecards

Derek Cleary

9R1109R2109R3109R4109R510

45total50

Jeff Mullen

9R1109R2109R3109R41010R59

46total49

Junichiro Kamijo

10R199R2109R3109R4109R510

46total49

Form going into the fight

Roxanne Modafferi

  1. LMarloes Coenensubmission R1 1:052009
  2. LSarah KaufmanKO/TKO R3 4:452010
  3. LRaquel Pennington2013

Nicco Montano

No recorded fights.

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