Rodrigo Nascimento vs Ilir Latifi — UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Rodrigo Nascimento vs Ilir Latifi

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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Rodrigo NascimentoWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill

Saturday, May 20, 2023 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Rodrigo Nascimento def. Ilir Latifi

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

Referee · Herb DeanDerek Cleary · 28-29Jacob Montalvo · 29-28Sal D'amato · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Rodrigo NascimentoRound 3Ilir Latifi

19 / 43Sig. strikes10 / 16

44%Accuracy63%

25 / 49Total strikes10 / 16

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns1 / 5

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control1:38

3.8Pace / min2.0

0%Control share100%

Rodrigo Nascimento

Targethead 79% · body 11% · leg 11%

Phasedistance 95% · clinch 5% · ground 0%

Ilir Latifi

Targethead 70% · body 20% · leg 10%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeRodrigo Nascimento landed 19 significant strikes to 10.Control edgeIlir Latifi held 98s of control to 0s.Striking edgeIlir Latifi struck at 63% accuracy to 44%.

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

What changed from R2

Pace upRodrigo Nascimento's significant-strike pace moved +27% from R2 to R3, 3.8 against 3.0 per minute.
Target shiftRodrigo Nascimento's head share of landed strikes moved +12 pts, to 79% head with 11% body and 11% leg.
Target shiftIlir Latifi's head share of landed strikes moved +25 pts, to 70% head with 20% body and 10% leg.
Phase shiftIlir Latifi's ground share of landed strikes moved -18 pts, to 0% on the ground against 100% at distance.
Grappling pressureIlir Latifi attempted 4 more takedowns than in R2, 5 against 1.
Defensive driftIlir Latifi absorbed significant strikes +27% faster than in R2, 3.8 against 3.0 per minute.

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.

Rodrigo Nascimento

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.

Ilir Latifi

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

68Rodrigo Nascimento sig. strikes

49Ilir Latifi sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-61%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Ilir Latifi)