Sam Hughes vs Istela Nunes — UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad Result, Stats & Scorecards

Women's Strawweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad

Saturday, April 16, 2022 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Sam Hughes def. Istela Nunes

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

Referee · Mark SmithDoug Crosby · 27-29Sal D'amato · 27-29Adalaide Byrd · 28-28Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00

Sam HughesRound 3Istela Nunes

30 / 58Sig. strikes12 / 38

52%Accuracy32%

76 / 104Total strikes13 / 39

0Knockdowns0

1 / 1Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

2:51Control0:00

6.0Pace / min2.4

100%Control share0%

Sam Hughes

Targethead 93% · body 7% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 50% · clinch 7% · ground 43%

Istela Nunes

Targethead 50% · body 25% · leg 25%

Phasedistance 75% · clinch 17% · ground 8%

Statistical signals

Output edgeSam Hughes landed 30 significant strikes to 12.Control edgeSam Hughes held 171s of control to 0s.Striking edgeSam Hughes struck at 52% accuracy to 32%.

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

What changed from R2

Accuracy shiftSam Hughes's significant-strike accuracy moved +11 pts, 52% against 41%.
Target shiftSam Hughes's head share of landed strikes moved +13 pts, to 93% head with 7% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftSam Hughes's ground share of landed strikes moved +43 pts, to 43% on the ground against 50% at distance.
Control swingSam Hughes's control time moved +136s, 171s against 35s.
Pace downIstela Nunes's significant-strike pace moved -68% from R2 to R3, 2.4 against 7.4 per minute.
Target shiftIstela Nunes's head share of landed strikes moved -20 pts, to 50% head with 25% body and 25% leg.

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.

Sam Hughes

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.

Istela Nunes

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

76Sam Hughes sig. strikes

89Istela Nunes sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+107%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Sam Hughes)