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Gabriel Miranda vs.
Shane Young

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

1-3-0 Gabriel Miranda · UFC
2-5-0 Shane Young · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
33
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.3
Layoff (months)Δ 18.6 mo
34.9
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Gabriel Miranda is a submission threat — 1.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Miranda hunts takedowns — 4.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Shane Young absorbs 5.46 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight 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.

Gabriel Miranda

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Shane Young

Full career not yet synced for Shane Young — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

513.23/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3735.19/min · norm 3.54
956.01/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3935.46/min · norm 3.47
44.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.7%norm 45.0%
37.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.29

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

Gabriel Miranda

Distance 91.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Shane Young

Distance 95.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Gabriel Miranda

Head 68.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 7.8%)

Shane Young

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miranda L/AAccFeatherweight med Young L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 106 41.5% 40.9% 347 / 877 39.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.8% 26 / 39 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 79 38.0% 37.2% 213 / 705 30.2% 37.2%
To the body 16 / 27 59.3% 68.2% 99 / 137 72.3% 68.2%
To the legs 5 / 10 too few to rate 80.7% 61 / 74 82.4% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Miranda L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Young L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 111 55.0% 39.2% 341 / 752 45.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.3% 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 34 79.4% 69.4% 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 129 57.4% 35.9% 265 / 676 39.2% 35.9%
To the body 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.9% 49 / 69 71.0% 67.9%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 79 / 83 95.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

538.5% acc · 4.75/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
3:2421.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:468.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
6:185:58 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
12:062:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
21.90/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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