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Kurt Holobaugh vs. Shane Burgos

UFC 2-7-0 vs. 8-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-7-0
UFC record
8-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.7
Layoff (months)Δ 34.4 mo
51.1
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shane Burgos carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Shane Burgos outworks the Featherweight division — 7.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Kurt Holobaugh is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kurt Holobaugh

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 203

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Shane Burgos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4564.65/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
10407.40/min · norm 3.52
4434.52/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9526.78/min · norm 3.50
45.0%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
52.4%norm 44.7%
48.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 54.8%
10.15/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.64/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kurt Holobaugh

Distance 86.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

Shane Burgos

Distance 88.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kurt Holobaugh

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Shane Burgos

Head 76.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Holobaugh L/AAccLightweight med Burgos L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 357 / 880 40.6% 38.3% 854 / 1754 48.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 75 / 104 72.1% 67.5% 106 / 130 81.5% 70.5%
On the ground 24 / 30 80.0% 68.8% 80 / 100 80.0% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 283 / 784 36.1% 35.1% 664 / 1518 43.7% 37.1%
To the body 113 / 153 73.9% 69.1% 199 / 271 73.4% 68.0%
To the legs 60 / 77 77.9% 81.8% 177 / 195 90.8% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Holobaugh L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Burgos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 292 / 648 45.1% 38.8% 835 / 2014 41.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 72 / 102 70.6% 68.6% 83 / 121 68.6% 70.3%
On the ground 79 / 110 71.8% 68.0% 34 / 46 73.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 329 / 717 45.9% 35.2% 643 / 1748 36.8% 35.9%
To the body 80 / 103 77.7% 68.2% 145 / 219 66.2% 68.0%
To the legs 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5% 164 / 214 76.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
533.3% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
444.4% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.17
1336.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
6591.5% def · norm 61.5%
16:1616.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
14:5910.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
41:386:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
16:141:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
50.77/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
40.43/15 · norm 0.45

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