Mike Nickels vs. Wes Combs
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Mike Nickels
Full career not yet synced for Mike Nickels — 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
Wes Combs
Full career not yet synced for Wes Combs — 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 -0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mike Nickels
Distance 26.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 30.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 43.5% (norm 10.6%)
Wes Combs
Distance 82.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 17.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mike Nickels
Head 67.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 30.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 9.7%)
Wes Combs
Head 51.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.3% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 37.9% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Nickels L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Combs L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 12 | too few to rate | 41.5% | 12 / 24 | too few to rate | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 72.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 13 / 31 | 41.9% | 39.2% | 3 / 15 | too few to rate | 39.2% |
| To the body | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Nickels L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Combs L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 4 / 12 | too few to rate | 40.6% | 9 / 23 | too few to rate | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 14 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 4 / 13 | too few to rate | 37.7% | 17 / 37 | 45.9% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.9% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.1% | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Nickels has more cage time on record.