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Jimmy Flick vs.
Nate Maness

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

2-4-0 Jimmy Flick · UFC
5-2-0 Nate Maness · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
35
AgeΔ 0 yrs
35
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
15.3
Layoff (months)Δ 10.4 mo
25.7
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW
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.

Jimmy Flick is a submission threat — 2.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Nate Maness carries real power — 0.45 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Jimmy Flick's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 62% Flyweight 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.

Jimmy Flick

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Nate Maness

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 52
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

791.57/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2093.14/min · norm 3.49
2815.60/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2583.88/min · norm 3.24
47.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 44.6%
41.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
42.5%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.45/15 · norm 0.18

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

Jimmy Flick

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 7.3%)

Nate Maness

Distance 74.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Jimmy Flick

Head 50.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 30.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 19.3% (norm 9.3%)

Nate Maness

Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Flick L/AAccFlyweight med Maness L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 151 43.7% 40.0% 126 / 310 40.6% 40.0%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.4% 40 / 52 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.7% 43 / 54 79.6% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 84 36.9% 37.6% 154 / 349 44.1% 37.6%
To the body 29 / 50 58.0% 68.5% 42 / 53 79.2% 68.5%
To the legs 19 / 32 59.4% 80.0% 13 / 14 too few to rate 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Flick L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Maness L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 348 53.7% 40.1% 136 / 305 44.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 30 / 37 81.1% 68.8% 47 / 55 85.5% 68.8%
On the ground 64 / 94 68.1% 71.1% 75 / 89 84.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 385 53.2% 35.2% 148 / 283 52.3% 35.2%
To the body 45 / 59 76.3% 68.2% 73 / 110 66.4% 68.2%
To the legs 31 / 35 88.6% 80.3% 37 / 56 66.1% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

829.6% acc · 2.39/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.30
00.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3280.0% def · norm 62.5%
12:5425.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
8:0812.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
16:194:52 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
29:066:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
82.39/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
30.68/15 · norm 0.58

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

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