Welterweight · “Lokomotivo”
Nicolas Dalby
24-6-1 (2 NC) UFC 8-5-1 (1 NC)
5'11"Height
74"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1984-11-16Born
1KO wins
0Sub wins
12.5%Finish rate
13:16Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min3.88
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.51
Striking accuracy43.5%
Striking defense52.2%
Takedowns / 15 min0.9
Takedown accuracy26.7%
Takedown defense59.1%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.08
Control time22.9%
Record vs .500+ opponents6-4
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
15 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
W Saygid Izagakhmaev 0-0 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · 2025-11-22
26/63Sig. strikes
20/34Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
6:29Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Randy Brown 13-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:39 — UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates · 2025-04-26
26/74Sig. strikes
54/114Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:22Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Rinat Fakhretdinov 3-0-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · 2024-06-22
66/134Sig. strikes
68/134Absorbed
0/4Takedowns
3:57Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Gabriel Bonfim 2-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:33 — UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · 2023-11-04
53/113Sig. strikes
39/91Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:27Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Muslim Salikhov 6-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier · 2023-06-17
86/140Sig. strikes
57/88Absorbed
2/5Takedowns
6:36Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Warlley Alves 8-5 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill · 2023-01-21
119/248Sig. strikes
66/144Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
4:02Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Claudio Silva 5-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall · 2022-07-23
45/94Sig. strikes
11/21Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
4:17Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Tim Means 13-9 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · 2021-06-26
54/116Sig. strikes
53/93Absorbed
0/4Takedowns
1:31Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Daniel Rodriguez 3-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez · 2020-11-21
50/147Sig. strikes
83/199Absorbed
0/7Takedowns
1:28Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
NC Jesse Ronson 0-3 walk-in Overturned · R1 2:48 — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till · 2020-07-25
20/50Sig. strikes
30/45Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:26Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Alex Oliveira 9-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier · 2019-09-28
31/84Sig. strikes
18/47Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
5:29Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Peter Sobotta 2-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett · 2016-09-03
14/52Sig. strikes
38/76Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:28Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Zak Cummings 3-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos · 2016-04-10
57/150Sig. strikes
56/158Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:07Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
D Darren Till 1-0 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs Smolka · 2015-10-24
84/170Sig. strikes
49/88Absorbed
2/4Takedowns
3:43Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 0-0 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Alves · 2015-05-30
41/139Sig. strikes
57/131Absorbed
6/10Takedowns
4:15Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Nicolas Dalby) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
7
Submission
4
Decision
13
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
1
Submission
0
Decision
5
Other
0
Draws: 1 · No contests: 2
Fights by organization
UFC
15
Cage Warriors
7
Fighter Gala
6
Royal Arena
2
European MMA
1
WKN Valhalla
1
Cage Fight Live
1
Full career — 33 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Saygid Izagakhmaev | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
2025-11-22 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Randy Brown | KO (punch) | UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates
2025-04-26 |
UFC | 2 | 1:39 |
| L | Rinat Fakhretdinov | Decision (split) | UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
2024-06-22 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Gabriel Bonfim | TKO (knees and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis
2023-11-04 |
UFC | 2 | 4:33 |
| W | Muslim Salikhov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier
2023-06-17 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Warlley Alves | Decision (split) | UFC 283
2023-01-21 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Cláudio Silva | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
2022-07-23 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Tim Means | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov
2021-06-26 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Daniel Rodriguez | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 255
2020-11-21 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| NC | Jesse Ronson | NC (overturned) | UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till
2020-07-26 |
UFC | 1 | 2:48 |
| W | Alex Oliveira | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier
2019-09-28 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| NC | Ross Houston | NC (surface deemed unsafe) | Cage Warriors 106
2019-06-29 |
Cage Warriors | 3 | 2:05 |
| W | Alex Lohore | TKO (punches) | Cage Warriors 103
2019-03-09 |
Cage Warriors | 4 | 2:47 |
| W | Philip Mulpeter | TKO (punches) | Cage Warriors 100
2018-12-08 |
Cage Warriors | 3 | 3:32 |
| W | Roberto Allegretti | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | Cage Warriors 96
2018-09-01 |
Cage Warriors | 2 | 0:50 |
| L | Carlo Pedersoli Jr. | Decision (split) | Cage Warriors 93
2018-04-28 |
Cage Warriors | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Peter Sobotta | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett
2016-09-03 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Zak Cummings | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos
2016-04-10 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| D | Darren Till | Draw (majority) | UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka
2015-10-24 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves
2015-05-30 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Mohsen Bahari | Decision (unanimous) | Cage Warriors 74
2014-11-15 |
Cage Warriors | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Sergei Churilov | TKO (head kick and punches) | Cage Warriors 66
2014-03-22 |
Cage Warriors | 4 | 2:19 |
| W | Morten Djursaa | TKO (punches) | European MMA 6
2013-09-26 |
European MMA | 1 | 0:27 |
| W | Ivica Trušček | Decision (unanimous) | WKN Valhalla: Battle of the Vikings
2013-03-09 |
WKN Valhalla | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ivica Trušček | Decision (unanimous) | Royal Arena 2
2012-08-31 |
Royal Arena | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Cristian Brinzan | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Fighter Gala 25
2012-05-12 |
Fighter Gala | 2 | 4:45 |
| W | Acoidan Duque | Decision (unanimous) | Royal Arena 1
2012-03-10 |
Royal Arena | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Glenn Sparv | Decision (unanimous) | Cage Fight Live 2
2011-11-19 |
Cage Fight Live | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Mindaugas Baranauskas | KO (punch) | Fighter Gala 23
2011-10-01 |
Fighter Gala | 1 | 1:22 |
| W | Raymond Jarman | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Fighter Gala 17
2010-11-13 |
Fighter Gala | 2 | 1:08 |
| W | Raimondas Sinica | KO (punches) | Fighter Gala 16
2010-10-02 |
Fighter Gala | 1 | 0:06 |
| W | Jaroslav Poborský | Decision (unanimous) | Fighter Gala 13
2010-04-17 |
Fighter Gala | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Laurens-Jan Thijssen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Fighter Gala: Fight Night 5
2010-03-06 |
Fighter Gala | 3 | 2:35 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Nicolas Dalby) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Welterweight average, over 190 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.