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Nate Landwehr vs.
Jamall Emmers

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
5-4-0 Jamall Emmers · 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
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.2
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
37
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
8.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL
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.

Jamall Emmers hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jamall Emmers owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Nate Landwehr absorbs 5.96 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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

Jamall Emmers

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 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
4224.88/min · norm 3.54
6135.96/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3093.57/min · norm 3.47
45.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 45.0%
51.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 54.85%
10.15/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.52/15 · 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%)

Jamall Emmers

Distance 87.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.7% (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%)

Jamall Emmers

Head 70.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.4% (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 Emmers L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 435 / 1054 41.3% 40.9% 339 / 777 43.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 111 / 153 72.5% 70.8% 46 / 61 75.4% 70.8%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 69.2% 37 / 51 72.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 418 / 1013 41.3% 37.2% 239 / 623 38.4% 37.2%
To the body 80 / 138 58.0% 68.2% 129 / 182 70.9% 68.2%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 80.7% 54 / 84 64.3% 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 Emmers L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 531 / 1130 47.0% 39.2% 265 / 695 38.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 41 / 63 65.1% 70.3% 31 / 49 63.3% 70.3%
On the ground 41 / 63 65.1% 69.4% 13 / 15 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 434 / 1019 42.6% 35.9% 191 / 571 33.5% 35.9%
To the body 124 / 172 72.1% 67.9% 57 / 94 60.6% 67.9%
To the legs 55 / 65 84.6% 81.5% 61 / 94 64.9% 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
1653.3% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.19
2371.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1280.0% def · norm 61.5%
11:5211.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
27:1031.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:482:00 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:480:39 per 15 · norm 3:12
50.73/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.35/15 · 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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