Stewart Nicoll

ANALYSIS
Nicoll joined the UFC with some hype and an undefeated professional record back in August 2024. He's now fought twice for the company and has looked absolutely awful in both appearances. He was submitted by Jesus Aguilar in under three minutes in his debut and showed just as little here against Rocha despite seeing the final bell. Nicoll picked up a couple takedowns, but they came on a whopping 20 attempts. He did nothing with his positional advantage and was battered on the feet by Rocha throughout the course of the fight. Set to turn 31 years of age in early-November, Nicoll would appear to be far from guaranteed to get another shot with the company.

ANALYSIS
Just like his opponent, Nicoll is coming off a loss in his debut UFC bout, falling to Jesus Aguilar in August of 2024. Both fighters won't have fought in almost a year, and both will look to even their record in the promotion. Nicoll has two inches of height and one inch of reach on his opponent Rocha.

ANALYSIS
Entering his UFC debut with plenty of hype and as a -200 favorite, Nicoll lasted less than three minutes. He did plenty of good work early, only to get overaggressive and fall into the guillotine choke that ended the fight. Nicoll chose to go to sleep as opposed to tapping out. Set to turn 30 years of age in early-November and with all of nine professional fights under his belt, this was a totally winnable fight in his home country against a lesser opponent. The fact Nicoll wasn't able to get the job done bodes extremely poorly for his future prospects.

ANALYSIS
With an 8-0 professional MMA record, Nicoll will finally get his shot at the UFC level. The Australian flyweight will take on Aguilar, who is 2-1 in his UFC career though also a newer fighter in the realm of the UFC.