Diego Nunes vs. Dennis Siver

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 12-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
12-8-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 4 yrs
47
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
162.5
Layoff (months)Δ 53.1 mo
109.4
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWNC

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Diego Nunes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 224

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

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

Dennis Siver

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 128
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Diego Nunes

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

Dennis Siver

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

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

Diego Nunes

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

Dennis Siver

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

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

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

Grappling

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

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