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Bobby Nash vs.
Song Kenan

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-3-0 Bobby Nash · UFC
6-5-0 Song Kenan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-3-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 0 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
104.3
Layoff (months)Δ 83.9 mo
20.4
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Bobby Nash is a submission threat — 1.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Bobby Nash carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Song Kenan absorbs 5.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Bobby Nash

Full career not yet synced for Bobby Nash — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Song Kenan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

653.42/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4844.49/min · norm 3.17
753.95/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
6285.82/min · norm 3.06
37.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 44.9%
51.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 55.25%
10.79/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.70/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Bobby Nash

Distance 82.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)

Song Kenan

Distance 89.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Bobby Nash

Head 79.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)

Song Kenan

Head 76.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Nash L/AAccWelterweight med Kenan L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 45 / 141 31.9% 38.6% 406 / 923 44.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 18 / 27 66.7% 67.8% 56 / 78 71.8% 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 4 too few to rate 67.2% 22 / 29 75.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 136 29.4% 37.2% 311 / 787 39.5% 37.2%
To the body 9 / 16 too few to rate 70.7% 85 / 130 65.4% 70.7%
To the legs 16 / 20 too few to rate 82.9% 88 / 113 77.9% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Nash L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Kenan L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 123 42.3% 39.0% 576 / 1208 47.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 68.9% 40 / 60 66.7% 68.9%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 68.0% 12 / 16 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 49 / 118 41.5% 35.6% 325 / 889 36.6% 35.6%
To the body 10 / 17 too few to rate 69.6% 122 / 181 67.4% 69.6%
To the legs 16 / 19 too few to rate 82.1% 181 / 214 84.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

333.3% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
330.0% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.27
2100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2573.5% def · norm 63.9%
6:4135.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:263.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:270:21 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
12:441:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
21.58/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kenan has more cage time on record.

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