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Nate Landwehr vs.
David Onama

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

5-6-0 Nate Landwehr · UFC
6-3-0 David Onama · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-6-0
UFC record
6-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.2
AgeΔ 6 yrs
32.2
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
9.1
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

David Onama carries real power — 0.60 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Nate Landwehr absorbs 5.96 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Nate Landwehr is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Nate Landwehr

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

David Onama

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5715.55/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5095.07/min · norm 3.54
6135.96/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4914.89/min · norm 3.47
45.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 45.0%
51.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.9%norm 54.85%
10.15/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.60/15 · norm 0.29

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

Nate Landwehr

Distance 84.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 6.5%)

David Onama

Distance 84.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Nate Landwehr

Head 81.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 7.8%)

David Onama

Head 85.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Landwehr L/AAccFeatherweight med Onama L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 435 / 1054 41.3% 40.9% 403 / 854 47.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 111 / 153 72.5% 70.8% 38 / 53 71.7% 70.8%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 69.2% 68 / 110 61.8% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 418 / 1013 41.3% 37.2% 406 / 870 46.7% 37.2%
To the body 80 / 138 58.0% 68.2% 59 / 94 62.8% 68.2%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 80.7% 44 / 53 83.0% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Landwehr L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Onama L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 531 / 1130 47.0% 39.2% 400 / 881 45.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 41 / 63 65.1% 70.3% 48 / 77 62.3% 70.3%
On the ground 41 / 63 65.1% 69.4% 43 / 62 69.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 434 / 1019 42.6% 35.9% 312 / 783 39.8% 35.9%
To the body 124 / 172 72.1% 67.9% 100 / 138 72.5% 67.9%
To the legs 55 / 65 84.6% 81.5% 79 / 99 79.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

541.7% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
730.4% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.19
2371.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2052.6% def · norm 61.5%
11:5211.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:5519.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:482:00 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
23:363:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
50.73/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.45/15 · norm 0.46

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

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