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Kiefer Crosbie vs.
Taiyilake Nueraji

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

0-3-0 Kiefer Crosbie · UFC
1-0-0 Taiyilake Nueraji · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 11 yrs
25
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
11.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
11.4
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
W
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.

Taiyilake Nueraji owns the mat — in control 90% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Taiyilake Nueraji hunts takedowns — 4.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Kiefer Crosbie rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Kiefer Crosbie

Full career not yet synced for Kiefer Crosbie — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Taiyilake Nueraji

Full career not yet synced for Taiyilake Nueraji — 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 -2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

504.46/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
277.61/min · norm 3.17
655.80/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
20.56/min · norm 3.06
64.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
71.1%norm 44.9%
46.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
33.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kiefer Crosbie

Distance 91.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Taiyilake Nueraji

Distance 7.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 92.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Kiefer Crosbie

Head 59.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 24.4% (norm 8.4%)

Taiyilake Nueraji

Head 92.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Crosbie L/AAccWelterweight med Nueraji L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 47 / 71 66.2% 38.6% 2 / 3 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 7 too few to rate 67.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 25 / 35 71.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 25 / 46 54.3% 37.2% 25 / 35 71.4% 37.2%
To the body 10 / 13 too few to rate 70.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 15 / 19 too few to rate 82.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Crosbie L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Nueraji L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 83 43.4% 39.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 68.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 25 / 35 71.4% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 103 49.5% 35.6% 1 / 1 too few to rate 35.6%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.6% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 7 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 1 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 4.23/15 · norm 1.27
240.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:233.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:1189.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
4:526:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:080:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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