Alistair Overeem vs Roy Nelson — UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos
Alistair Overeem vs Roy Nelson

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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Alistair OvereemWinner

UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos

Saturday, March 14, 2015 · Dallas · Texas

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Result

Alistair Overeem def. Roy Nelson

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Herb DeanDerek Cleary · 27-30Sal D'amato · 27-30Dan Mathisen · 27-30Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Alistair OvereemRound 3Roy Nelson

19 / 27Sig. strikes7 / 23

70%Accuracy30%

19 / 27Total strikes7 / 23

0Knockdowns1

0 / 1Takedowns0 / 3

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control0:34

3.8Pace / min1.4

0%Control share100%

Alistair Overeem

Targethead 37% · body 37% · leg 26%

Phasedistance 95% · clinch 0% · ground 5%

Roy Nelson

Targethead 86% · body 0% · leg 14%

Phasedistance 86% · clinch 14% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeAlistair Overeem landed 19 significant strikes to 7.Striking edgeAlistair Overeem struck at 70% accuracy to 30%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Defensive driftAlistair Overeem absorbed significant strikes +40% faster than in R2, 1.4 against 1.0 per minute.
Pace upRoy Nelson's significant-strike pace moved +40% from R2 to R3, 1.4 against 1.0 per minute.
Accuracy shiftRoy Nelson's significant-strike accuracy moved +13 pts, 30% against 17%.
Target shiftRoy Nelson's head share of landed strikes moved +26 pts, to 86% head with 0% body and 14% leg.
Grappling pressureRoy Nelson attempted 3 more takedowns than in R2, 3 against 0.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Alistair Overeem

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Roy Nelson

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

62Alistair Overeem sig. strikes

23Roy Nelson sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-55%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Roy Nelson)