Tim Boetsch vs Rafael Natal

Age 45

Height 6' 0"

Reach 74.0"

Weight 185 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Age 43

Height 6' 0"

Reach 77.0"

Weight 185 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Career Averages - Tim Boetsch

2.93 SLpM

50.0% Str. Acc.

2.9 SApM

57.0% Str. Def.

1.45 TD Avg

34.0% TD Acc.

59.0% TD Def.

0.8 Sub. Avg

Career Averages - Rafael Natal

3.1 SLpM

47.0% Str. Acc.

2.48 SApM

57.0% Str. Def.

2.55 TD Avg

34.0% TD Acc.

77.0% TD Def.

0.5 Sub. Avg

Tim Boetsch - Fight History

LOSS vs Omari Akhmedov

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos · Mar 09, 2019

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Omari Akhmedov	0	41 of 97	42%	64 of 121	0 of 2	0%	0	0	0:02
Tim Boetsch	0	52 of 135	38%	58 of 141	0 of 2	0%	0	0	3:14

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Omari Akhmedov	9 of 18	50%	18 of 27	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Tim Boetsch	13 of 36	36%	16 of 39	0 of 2	0%	1:56
2	Omari Akhmedov	8 of 28	28%	19 of 40	0 of 1	0%	0:00
2	Tim Boetsch	19 of 42	45%	21 of 44	0 of 0	---	1:11
3	Omari Akhmedov	24 of 51	47%	27 of 54	0 of 1	0%	0:02
3	Tim Boetsch	20 of 57	35%	21 of 58	0 of 0	---	0:07

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Omari Akhmedov	41 of 97	42%	20 of 66	12 of 20	9 of 11	32 of 85	9 of 12	0 of 0
Tim Boetsch	52 of 135	38%	32 of 110	13 of 17	7 of 8	35 of 113	17 of 22	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Omari Akhmedov	9 of 18	50%	2 of 9	4 of 5	3 of 4	4 of 13	5 of 5	0 of 0
1	Tim Boetsch	13 of 36	36%	5 of 26	5 of 7	3 of 3	5 of 27	8 of 9	0 of 0
2	Omari Akhmedov	8 of 28	28%	3 of 20	2 of 4	3 of 4	7 of 26	1 of 2	0 of 0
2	Tim Boetsch	19 of 42	45%	8 of 30	7 of 8	4 of 4	13 of 35	6 of 7	0 of 0
3	Omari Akhmedov	24 of 51	47%	15 of 37	6 of 11	3 of 3	21 of 46	3 of 5	0 of 0
3	Tim Boetsch	20 of 57	35%	19 of 54	1 of 2	0 of 1	17 of 51	3 of 6	0 of 0

LOSS vs Antônio Carlos Júnior

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 4:28 · UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje · Apr 14, 2018

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	7 of 18	38%	13 of 24	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
Tim Boetsch	0	31 of 48	64%	35 of 52	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:32

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	0	7 of 18	38%	13 of 24	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05
1	Tim Boetsch	0	31 of 48	64%	35 of 52	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:32

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 18	38%	4 of 14	1 of 2	2 of 2	7 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
Tim Boetsch	31 of 48	64%	23 of 40	4 of 4	4 of 4	20 of 34	2 of 2	9 of 12

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antônio Carlos Júnior	7 of 18	38%	4 of 14	1 of 2	2 of 2	7 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Tim Boetsch	31 of 48	64%	23 of 40	4 of 4	4 of 4	20 of 34	2 of 2	9 of 12

WIN vs Johny Hendricks

TKO (head kick and punches) R2 0:46 · UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee · Jun 25, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tim Boetsch	0	41 of 68	60%	42 of 69	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:01
Johny Hendricks	0	10 of 45	22%	10 of 45	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Tim Boetsch	29 of 49	59%	29 of 49	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Johny Hendricks	9 of 42	21%	9 of 42	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Tim Boetsch	12 of 19	63%	13 of 20	0 of 0	---	0:01
2	Johny Hendricks	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tim Boetsch	41 of 68	60%	19 of 41	16 of 20	6 of 7	30 of 54	10 of 13	1 of 1
Johny Hendricks	10 of 45	22%	2 of 36	2 of 2	6 of 7	10 of 44	0 of 1	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tim Boetsch	29 of 49	59%	9 of 24	14 of 18	6 of 7	24 of 44	5 of 5	0 of 0
1	Johny Hendricks	9 of 42	21%	2 of 34	2 of 2	5 of 6	9 of 42	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Tim Boetsch	12 of 19	63%	10 of 17	2 of 2	0 of 0	6 of 10	5 of 8	1 of 1
2	Johny Hendricks	1 of 3	33%	0 of 2	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 1	0 of 0

LOSS vs Jacare Souza

Submission (kimura) R1 3:41 · UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie · Feb 11, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Jacare Souza	0	7 of 18	38%	15 of 30	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:14
Tim Boetsch	0	6 of 10	60%	8 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Jacare Souza	0	7 of 18	38%	15 of 30	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:14
1	Tim Boetsch	0	6 of 10	60%	8 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Jacare Souza	7 of 18	38%	5 of 13	2 of 5	0 of 0	5 of 14	1 of 3	1 of 1
Tim Boetsch	6 of 10	60%	2 of 6	0 of 0	4 of 4	6 of 10	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Jacare Souza	7 of 18	38%	5 of 13	2 of 5	0 of 0	5 of 14	1 of 3	1 of 1
1	Tim Boetsch	6 of 10	60%	2 of 6	0 of 0	4 of 4	6 of 10	0 of 0	0 of 0

WIN vs Rafael Natal

TKO (punches) R1 3:22 · UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor · Nov 12, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tim Boetsch	0	5 of 18	27%	5 of 18	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Rafael Natal	1	14 of 25	56%	14 of 25	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Tim Boetsch	0	5 of 18	27%	5 of 18	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
1	Rafael Natal	1	14 of 25	56%	14 of 25	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tim Boetsch	5 of 18	27%	2 of 13	1 of 2	2 of 3	5 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
Rafael Natal	14 of 25	56%	9 of 17	1 of 4	4 of 4	11 of 22	0 of 0	3 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tim Boetsch	5 of 18	27%	2 of 13	1 of 2	2 of 3	5 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Rafael Natal	14 of 25	56%	9 of 17	1 of 4	4 of 4	11 of 22	0 of 0	3 of 3

WIN vs Josh Samman

TKO (punches) R2 3:49 · UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker · Jul 13, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tim Boetsch	0	38 of 58	65%	98 of 119	2 of 2	100%	0	0	4:22
Josh Samman	0	17 of 39	43%	23 of 47	0 of 3	0%	0	0	2:07

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Tim Boetsch	12 of 22	54%	43 of 53	1 of 1	100%	1:15
1	Josh Samman	13 of 33	39%	19 of 41	0 of 3	0%	2:07
2	Tim Boetsch	26 of 36	72%	55 of 66	1 of 1	100%	3:07
2	Josh Samman	4 of 6	66%	4 of 6	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tim Boetsch	38 of 58	65%	28 of 46	9 of 11	1 of 1	6 of 16	8 of 11	24 of 31
Josh Samman	17 of 39	43%	7 of 23	5 of 11	5 of 5	13 of 26	4 of 13	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tim Boetsch	12 of 22	54%	5 of 13	6 of 8	1 of 1	4 of 11	8 of 11	0 of 0
1	Josh Samman	13 of 33	39%	5 of 19	3 of 9	5 of 5	9 of 20	4 of 13	0 of 0
2	Tim Boetsch	26 of 36	72%	23 of 33	3 of 3	0 of 0	2 of 5	0 of 0	24 of 31
2	Josh Samman	4 of 6	66%	2 of 4	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0

LOSS vs Ed Herman

TKO (knee and punches) R2 1:39 · UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz · Jan 17, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ed Herman	0	27 of 64	42%	32 of 69	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:08
Tim Boetsch	1	47 of 82	57%	56 of 91	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:16

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Ed Herman	0	20 of 49	40%	23 of 52	0 of 0	---	0:08
1	Tim Boetsch	0	29 of 56	51%	34 of 61	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Ed Herman	0	7 of 15	46%	9 of 17	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Tim Boetsch	1	18 of 26	69%	22 of 30	0 of 0	---	0:16

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ed Herman	27 of 64	42%	16 of 50	5 of 7	6 of 7	23 of 55	4 of 9	0 of 0
Tim Boetsch	47 of 82	57%	31 of 63	7 of 10	9 of 9	28 of 58	16 of 21	3 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ed Herman	20 of 49	40%	12 of 38	3 of 5	5 of 6	17 of 41	3 of 8	0 of 0
1	Tim Boetsch	29 of 56	51%	16 of 42	6 of 7	7 of 7	19 of 42	10 of 14	0 of 0
2	Ed Herman	7 of 15	46%	4 of 12	2 of 2	1 of 1	6 of 14	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Tim Boetsch	18 of 26	69%	15 of 21	1 of 3	2 of 2	9 of 16	6 of 7	3 of 3

LOSS vs Dan Henderson

KO (punches) R1 0:28 · UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson · Jun 06, 2015

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Dan Henderson	0	3 of 6	50%	3 of 6	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Tim Boetsch	1	12 of 15	80%	12 of 15	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Dan Henderson	0	3 of 6	50%	3 of 6	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
1	Tim Boetsch	1	12 of 15	80%	12 of 15	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:05

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Dan Henderson	3 of 6	50%	3 of 5	0 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0
Tim Boetsch	12 of 15	80%	12 of 15	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 4	1 of 2	8 of 9

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Dan Henderson	3 of 6	50%	3 of 5	0 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Tim Boetsch	12 of 15	80%	12 of 15	0 of 0	0 of 0	3 of 4	1 of 2	8 of 9

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Rafael Natal - Fight History

LOSS vs Eryk Anders

KO (punches) R1 2:54 · UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum · Jul 22, 2017

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Eryk Anders	0	14 of 23	60%	15 of 24	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Rafael Natal	1	23 of 29	79%	23 of 29	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:46

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Eryk Anders	0	14 of 23	60%	15 of 24	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
1	Rafael Natal	1	23 of 29	79%	23 of 29	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:46

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Eryk Anders	14 of 23	60%	8 of 16	2 of 3	4 of 4	13 of 20	1 of 3	0 of 0
Rafael Natal	23 of 29	79%	22 of 28	1 of 1	0 of 0	10 of 13	2 of 2	11 of 14

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Eryk Anders	14 of 23	60%	8 of 16	2 of 3	4 of 4	13 of 20	1 of 3	0 of 0
1	Rafael Natal	23 of 29	79%	22 of 28	1 of 1	0 of 0	10 of 13	2 of 2	11 of 14

LOSS vs Tim Boetsch

TKO (punches) R1 3:22 · UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor · Nov 12, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Tim Boetsch	0	5 of 18	27%	5 of 18	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
Rafael Natal	1	14 of 25	56%	14 of 25	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Tim Boetsch	0	5 of 18	27%	5 of 18	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00
1	Rafael Natal	1	14 of 25	56%	14 of 25	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:04

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Tim Boetsch	5 of 18	27%	2 of 13	1 of 2	2 of 3	5 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
Rafael Natal	14 of 25	56%	9 of 17	1 of 4	4 of 4	11 of 22	0 of 0	3 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Tim Boetsch	5 of 18	27%	2 of 13	1 of 2	2 of 3	5 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Rafael Natal	14 of 25	56%	9 of 17	1 of 4	4 of 4	11 of 22	0 of 0	3 of 3

LOSS vs Robert Whittaker

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux · Apr 23, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Robert Whittaker	0	89 of 176	50%	92 of 179	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
Rafael Natal	0	62 of 137	45%	63 of 138	0 of 4	0%	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Robert Whittaker	23 of 51	45%	23 of 51	0 of 0	---	0:02
1	Rafael Natal	22 of 48	45%	23 of 49	0 of 1	0%	0:00
2	Robert Whittaker	31 of 61	50%	33 of 63	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Rafael Natal	21 of 46	45%	21 of 46	0 of 2	0%	0:00
3	Robert Whittaker	35 of 64	54%	36 of 65	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Rafael Natal	19 of 43	44%	19 of 43	0 of 1	0%	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Robert Whittaker	89 of 176	50%	51 of 129	10 of 11	28 of 36	83 of 166	2 of 4	4 of 6
Rafael Natal	62 of 137	45%	36 of 95	4 of 15	22 of 27	61 of 135	1 of 2	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Robert Whittaker	23 of 51	45%	16 of 43	2 of 2	5 of 6	22 of 49	0 of 0	1 of 2
1	Rafael Natal	22 of 48	45%	17 of 37	2 of 8	3 of 3	22 of 48	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Robert Whittaker	31 of 61	50%	17 of 45	3 of 4	11 of 12	30 of 60	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Rafael Natal	21 of 46	45%	10 of 31	2 of 3	9 of 12	21 of 46	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Robert Whittaker	35 of 64	54%	18 of 41	5 of 5	12 of 18	31 of 57	1 of 3	3 of 4
3	Rafael Natal	19 of 43	44%	9 of 27	0 of 4	10 of 12	18 of 41	1 of 2	0 of 0

Play-by-Play

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Robert Whittaker vs. Rafael Natal

Round 1
Whittaker takes the center of the cage and follows Natal around the outside, clipping the veteran with a right hook as both men test the range. Natal scores with a pair of leg kicks, a counter hook and then tries to clinch with Whittaker but comes up empty. Natal eats a left hook but ducks underneath Whittaker’s follow-up head kick and nearly converts it to a takedown midway through the round, but again Whittaker is able to keep his footing. Whittaker sticks a nice jab and sidesteps Natal’s return fire as the middleweights hunt and peck in the last two minutes. Whittaker lands a leg kick, gets hit back with a body shot. A looping left hook behind the ear momentarily takes the legs out from underneath Natal, but he’s right back on his feet within seconds to continue lobbing bombs at Whittaker in the closing seconds.

Sherdog Scores
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Whittaker
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Whittaker
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Whittaker

Round 2
Both men come out swinging, Natal getting backed up to the fence as Whittaker tries to take off his head. Whittaker snuffs out a running double-leg attempt and steps forward to crack Natal with an overhand. Natal responds with three hard chops to Whittaker’s lead leg, then looks to change levels but again is stood up. Whittaker’s left leg is a mess just 90 seconds into the round; the Australian is now checking Natal’s kicks and limping a bit as he comes forward. Whittaker tries to give Natal a leg kick in return, but there’s nothing much behind it. Whittaker is keeping Natal cornered near the fence, not giving the Brazilian much room to operate. Whittaker is dripping blood from his nose, while Natal is sporting a swollen left eye and a small cut on his forehead.

Sherdog Scores
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Whittaker
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Whittaker
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Whittaker

Round 3
The action is paused early in the final round when Natal gets a heel to the cup from an awkward Whittaker side kick. “Sapo” recovers quickly and comes back to fight, and now the middleweights trade kicks in the middle of the cage. Natal continues to do damage with his kicks, but Whittaker is landing clean with punches almost every time he chooses to throw. An overhand left dings Natal’s face, then a jab and a front kick to the midsection. Natal gets stuffed on a double-leg shot and socked with a left hand to the face on the split. Another left hand has Natal stumbling near the fence, but the vet is hanging tough, continuing to throw kicks. Down to the final minute, Natal steps off the fence to engage with Whittaker in the center. The leg kicks are starting to have a visible effect on Whittaker, who has stumbled after the last few chops to his left stem. Right at the 10-second clapper, Whittaker catches Natal leaning left and clubs him with a right high kick for the last meaningful strike of the bout.

Sherdog Scores
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Whittaker (30-27 Whittaker)
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Whittaker (30-27 Whittaker)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Whittaker (30-27 Whittaker)

The Official Result
Robert Whittaker def. Rafael Natal via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) R3 5:00

WIN vs Kevin Casey

TKO (punches) R3 3:37 · UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader · Jan 30, 2016

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rafael Natal	1	54 of 87	62%	123 of 168	4 of 7	57%	0	0	5:31
Kevin Casey	0	16 of 49	32%	30 of 64	0 of 2	0%	0	0	2:09

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Rafael Natal	1	7 of 15	46%	22 of 31	1 of 4	25%	0:35
1	Kevin Casey	0	10 of 30	33%	17 of 38	0 of 1	0%	1:33
2	Rafael Natal	0	24 of 33	72%	59 of 74	2 of 2	100%	3:12
2	Kevin Casey	0	2 of 7	28%	9 of 14	0 of 1	0%	0:36
3	Rafael Natal	0	23 of 39	58%	42 of 63	1 of 1	100%	1:44
3	Kevin Casey	0	4 of 12	33%	4 of 12	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rafael Natal	54 of 87	62%	43 of 74	5 of 7	6 of 6	16 of 35	7 of 9	31 of 43
Kevin Casey	16 of 49	32%	10 of 41	5 of 6	1 of 2	12 of 45	4 of 4	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rafael Natal	7 of 15	46%	4 of 12	2 of 2	1 of 1	5 of 12	2 of 3	0 of 0
1	Kevin Casey	10 of 30	33%	7 of 25	2 of 3	1 of 2	6 of 26	4 of 4	0 of 0
2	Rafael Natal	24 of 33	72%	18 of 25	3 of 5	3 of 3	4 of 9	5 of 6	15 of 18
2	Kevin Casey	2 of 7	28%	1 of 6	1 of 1	0 of 0	2 of 7	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Rafael Natal	23 of 39	58%	21 of 37	0 of 0	2 of 2	7 of 14	0 of 0	16 of 25
3	Kevin Casey	4 of 12	33%	2 of 10	2 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 12	0 of 0	0 of 0

WIN vs Uriah Hall

Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier · May 23, 2015

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rafael Natal	0	43 of 74	58%	47 of 78	1 of 3	33%	0	0	0:52
Uriah Hall	0	45 of 103	43%	63 of 125	1 of 11	9%	0	0	2:55

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Rafael Natal	21 of 33	63%	21 of 33	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Uriah Hall	21 of 49	42%	21 of 49	0 of 4	0%	0:19
2	Rafael Natal	9 of 14	64%	13 of 18	1 of 3	33%	0:52
2	Uriah Hall	12 of 23	52%	30 of 45	1 of 4	25%	1:59
3	Rafael Natal	13 of 27	48%	13 of 27	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Uriah Hall	12 of 31	38%	12 of 31	0 of 3	0%	0:37

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rafael Natal	43 of 74	58%	15 of 40	15 of 21	13 of 13	41 of 70	2 of 4	0 of 0
Uriah Hall	45 of 103	43%	15 of 62	6 of 14	24 of 27	31 of 85	14 of 17	0 of 1

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rafael Natal	21 of 33	63%	7 of 17	9 of 11	5 of 5	21 of 33	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Uriah Hall	21 of 49	42%	5 of 30	4 of 7	12 of 12	19 of 46	2 of 3	0 of 0
2	Rafael Natal	9 of 14	64%	4 of 9	3 of 3	2 of 2	7 of 11	2 of 3	0 of 0
2	Uriah Hall	12 of 23	52%	2 of 11	1 of 2	9 of 10	5 of 13	7 of 9	0 of 1
3	Rafael Natal	13 of 27	48%	4 of 14	3 of 7	6 of 6	13 of 26	0 of 1	0 of 0
3	Uriah Hall	12 of 31	38%	8 of 21	1 of 5	3 of 5	7 of 26	5 of 5	0 of 0

WIN vs Tom Watson

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) R3 5:00 · UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz · Jan 31, 2015

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rafael Natal	0	67 of 152	44%	74 of 159	8 of 13	61%	0	0	3:30
Tom Watson	0	29 of 150	19%	33 of 156	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Rafael Natal	23 of 51	45%	27 of 55	3 of 4	75%	1:20
1	Tom Watson	9 of 44	20%	11 of 46	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Rafael Natal	19 of 44	43%	20 of 45	2 of 5	40%	1:24
2	Tom Watson	9 of 48	18%	10 of 50	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Rafael Natal	25 of 57	43%	27 of 59	3 of 4	75%	0:46
3	Tom Watson	11 of 58	18%	12 of 60	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rafael Natal	67 of 152	44%	43 of 125	6 of 8	18 of 19	65 of 144	1 of 2	1 of 6
Tom Watson	29 of 150	19%	13 of 106	1 of 20	15 of 24	28 of 148	1 of 2	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rafael Natal	23 of 51	45%	10 of 35	2 of 4	11 of 12	23 of 51	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Tom Watson	9 of 44	20%	4 of 29	0 of 5	5 of 10	9 of 43	0 of 1	0 of 0
2	Rafael Natal	19 of 44	43%	12 of 37	2 of 2	5 of 5	18 of 38	1 of 2	0 of 4
2	Tom Watson	9 of 48	18%	4 of 35	0 of 6	5 of 7	9 of 48	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Rafael Natal	25 of 57	43%	21 of 53	2 of 2	2 of 2	24 of 55	0 of 0	1 of 2
3	Tom Watson	11 of 58	18%	5 of 42	1 of 9	5 of 7	10 of 57	1 of 1	0 of 0

WIN vs Chris Camozzi

Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi · Sep 05, 2014

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rafael Natal	0	36 of 73	49%	46 of 84	2 of 12	16%	0	0	2:44
Chris Camozzi	0	67 of 112	59%	86 of 134	0 of 1	0%	0	0	2:44

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Rafael Natal	16 of 30	53%	18 of 33	1 of 3	33%	1:16
1	Chris Camozzi	14 of 27	51%	19 of 32	0 of 0	---	0:11
2	Rafael Natal	12 of 24	50%	19 of 31	1 of 5	20%	0:57
2	Chris Camozzi	12 of 25	48%	20 of 34	0 of 1	0%	1:05
3	Rafael Natal	8 of 19	42%	9 of 20	0 of 4	0%	0:31
3	Chris Camozzi	41 of 60	68%	47 of 68	0 of 0	---	1:28

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rafael Natal	36 of 73	49%	6 of 36	16 of 22	14 of 15	30 of 65	6 of 8	0 of 0
Chris Camozzi	67 of 112	59%	39 of 82	10 of 10	18 of 20	57 of 100	10 of 12	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rafael Natal	16 of 30	53%	3 of 15	7 of 9	6 of 6	13 of 26	3 of 4	0 of 0
1	Chris Camozzi	14 of 27	51%	3 of 16	2 of 2	9 of 9	12 of 24	2 of 3	0 of 0
2	Rafael Natal	12 of 24	50%	2 of 11	6 of 9	4 of 4	9 of 21	3 of 3	0 of 0
2	Chris Camozzi	12 of 25	48%	4 of 15	4 of 4	4 of 6	6 of 18	6 of 7	0 of 0
3	Rafael Natal	8 of 19	42%	1 of 10	3 of 4	4 of 5	8 of 18	0 of 1	0 of 0
3	Chris Camozzi	41 of 60	68%	32 of 51	4 of 4	5 of 5	39 of 58	2 of 2	0 of 0

LOSS vs Ed Herman

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva · May 10, 2014

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Ed Herman	0	51 of 87	58%	78 of 117	1 of 4	25%	0	0	2:57
Rafael Natal	0	35 of 73	47%	71 of 114	1 of 6	16%	0	0	4:46

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Ed Herman	10 of 20	50%	19 of 31	1 of 1	100%	1:11
1	Rafael Natal	14 of 26	53%	34 of 49	0 of 0	---	2:19
2	Ed Herman	17 of 30	56%	31 of 45	0 of 0	---	1:09
2	Rafael Natal	10 of 20	50%	23 of 35	1 of 1	100%	1:27
3	Ed Herman	24 of 37	64%	28 of 41	0 of 3	0%	0:37
3	Rafael Natal	11 of 27	40%	14 of 30	0 of 5	0%	1:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Ed Herman	51 of 87	58%	22 of 54	9 of 9	20 of 24	24 of 51	21 of 29	6 of 7
Rafael Natal	35 of 73	47%	15 of 41	8 of 17	12 of 15	19 of 46	8 of 11	8 of 16

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Ed Herman	10 of 20	50%	8 of 16	0 of 0	2 of 4	3 of 11	1 of 2	6 of 7
1	Rafael Natal	14 of 26	53%	6 of 14	2 of 4	6 of 8	7 of 13	1 of 2	6 of 11
2	Ed Herman	17 of 30	56%	3 of 14	5 of 5	9 of 11	8 of 20	9 of 10	0 of 0
2	Rafael Natal	10 of 20	50%	3 of 11	4 of 6	3 of 3	5 of 12	3 of 3	2 of 5
3	Ed Herman	24 of 37	64%	11 of 24	4 of 4	9 of 9	13 of 20	11 of 17	0 of 0
3	Rafael Natal	11 of 27	40%	6 of 16	2 of 7	3 of 4	7 of 21	4 of 6	0 of 0

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