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Johnny Eduardo vs. Nathaniel Wood

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 11-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
11-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
48
AgeΔ 15 yrs
33
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
60.6
Layoff (months)Δ 59.1 mo
1.5
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Johnny Eduardo rarely shoots — 0.22 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Johnny Eduardo is a submission threat — 0.43 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Nathaniel Wood outworks the Featherweight division — 5.36 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Johnny Eduardo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 178

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Nathaniel Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2042.95/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10975.36/min · norm 3.52
2233.22/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8564.19/min · norm 3.50
39.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 44.7%
63.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 54.8%
20.43/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.44/15 · norm 0.29

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

Johnny Eduardo

Distance 95.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.5% (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)

Johnny Eduardo

Head 72.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.0% (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 Eduardo L/AAccBantamweight med Wood L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 491 37.5% 39.2% 955 / 1971 48.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 69.0% 60 / 86 69.8% 70.5%
On the ground 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 82 / 120 68.3% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 371 27.5% 35.3% 606 / 1506 40.2% 37.1%
To the body 23 / 40 57.5% 66.9% 119 / 197 60.4% 68.0%
To the legs 79 / 103 76.7% 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 Eduardo L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Wood L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 503 27.8% 39.4% 699 / 1675 41.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 18 / 18 too few to rate 70.6% 93 / 117 79.5% 70.3%
On the ground 65 / 82 79.3% 72.1% 64 / 84 76.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 491 30.5% 34.9% 551 / 1471 37.5% 35.9%
To the body 35 / 58 60.3% 66.1% 181 / 256 70.7% 68.0%
To the legs 38 / 54 70.4% 78.8% 124 / 149 83.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1748.6% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.17
1058.8% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
4875.0% def · norm 61.5%
1:552.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
28:2213.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
11:352:30 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
32:542:24 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.43/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
60.44/15 · norm 0.45

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