John Castaneda vs. Nathaniel Wood
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
John Castaneda
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500
Nathaniel Wood
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 5 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
John Castaneda
Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 6.4%)
Nathaniel Wood
Distance 90.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
John Castaneda
Head 69.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.3% (norm 8.4%)
Nathaniel Wood
Head 69.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 21.8% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Castaneda L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Wood L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 595 / 1179 | 50.5% | 39.2% | 955 / 1971 | 48.5% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 38 / 55 | 69.1% | 69.0% | 60 / 86 | 69.8% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 70.2% | 82 / 120 | 68.3% | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 363 / 870 | 41.7% | 35.3% | 606 / 1506 | 40.2% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 102 / 160 | 63.8% | 66.9% | 119 / 197 | 60.4% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 189 / 231 | 81.8% | 79.2% | 372 / 474 | 78.5% | 80.3% |
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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Castaneda L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Wood L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 590 / 1353 | 43.6% | 39.4% | 699 / 1675 | 41.7% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 67 / 101 | 66.3% | 70.6% | 93 / 117 | 79.5% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 72.1% | 64 / 84 | 76.2% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 415 / 1134 | 36.6% | 34.9% | 551 / 1471 | 37.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 121 / 171 | 70.8% | 66.1% | 181 / 256 | 70.7% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 127 / 159 | 79.9% | 78.8% | 124 / 149 | 83.2% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Wood has more cage time on record.