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Dennis Siver vs.
Diego Nunes

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

12-8-0 (1 NC) Dennis Siver · UFC
3-3-0 Diego Nunes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
47.6
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
43.7
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
109.4
Layoff (months)Δ 53.1 mo
162.5
WLLWNC
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.

Dennis Siver carries real power — 0.47 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Diego Nunes carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Siver is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 37% land, vs a 67% Lightweight norm.
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.

Dennis Siver

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Diego Nunes

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8693.87/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2662.96/min · norm 3.54
5982.67/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2903.22/min · norm 3.47
32.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 45.0%
65.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.4%norm 54.85%
70.47/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.50/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dennis Siver

Distance 90.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.0%)

Diego Nunes

Distance 77.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dennis Siver

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 7.9%)

Diego Nunes

Head 61.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Siver L/AAccLightweight med Nunes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 2423 30.4% 37.9% 183 / 467 39.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 46 / 126 36.5% 67.3% 59 / 84 70.2% 70.8%
On the ground 86 / 129 66.7% 69.1% 24 / 49 49.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 494 / 2091 23.6% 35.0% 109 / 370 29.5% 37.2%
To the body 118 / 228 51.8% 69.1% 73 / 104 70.2% 68.2%
To the legs 257 / 359 71.6% 81.9% 84 / 126 66.7% 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Siver L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Nunes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 472 / 1477 32.0% 38.9% 140 / 484 28.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 44 / 77 57.1% 68.6% 76 / 110 69.1% 70.3%
On the ground 82 / 157 52.2% 68.0% 74 / 86 86.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 372 / 1335 27.9% 35.1% 147 / 485 30.3% 35.9%
To the body 99 / 170 58.2% 68.1% 49 / 71 69.0% 67.9%
To the legs 127 / 206 61.7% 81.5% 94 / 124 75.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1332.5% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
3965.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4971.0% def · norm 61.5%
38:0717.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
11:1512.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
39:502:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
26:144:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
50.33/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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