Diego Nunes vs. Kenny Florian

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 12-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
12-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 7 yrs
50
5'6"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
67"
ReachΔ 7"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
162.5
Layoff (months)Δ 15.5 mo
178
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kenny Florian is a submission threat — 1.04 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Diego Nunes carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Kenny Florian hunts takedowns — 2.08 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 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

Kenny Florian

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 126
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2662.96/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4542.42/min · norm 3.42
2903.22/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3461.84/min · norm 3.37
44.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 43.5%
57.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 56.3%
30.50/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.08/15 · 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%)

Kenny Florian

Distance 66.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 22.6% (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%)

Kenny Florian

Head 79.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (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 Florian L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 183 / 467 39.2% 40.9% 219 / 753 29.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 59 / 84 70.2% 70.8% 81 / 126 64.3% 67.3%
On the ground 24 / 49 49.0% 69.2% 154 / 256 60.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 370 29.5% 37.2% 294 / 906 32.5% 35.0%
To the body 73 / 104 70.2% 68.2% 98 / 143 68.5% 69.1%
To the legs 84 / 126 66.7% 80.7% 62 / 86 72.1% 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 Florian L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 484 28.9% 39.2% 151 / 633 23.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 76 / 110 69.1% 70.3% 83 / 140 59.3% 68.6%
On the ground 74 / 86 86.0% 69.4% 112 / 188 59.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 485 30.3% 35.9% 241 / 775 31.1% 35.1%
To the body 49 / 71 69.0% 67.9% 56 / 106 52.8% 68.1%
To the legs 94 / 124 75.8% 81.5% 49 / 80 61.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
555.6% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2632.1% acc · 2.08/15 · norm 1.38
4971.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3259.3% def · norm 64.0%
11:1512.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
44:4223.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
26:144:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
50:044:00 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
131.04/15 · norm 0.49

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