Nate Maness vs.
Luke Sanders
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 Maness
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Luke Sanders
Full career not yet synced for Luke Sanders — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Nate Maness
Distance 74.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 7.3%)
Luke Sanders
Distance 79.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Nate Maness
Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.3%)
Luke Sanders
Head 86.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Maness L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Sanders L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 126 / 310 | 40.6% | 40.0% | 284 / 632 | 44.9% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 40 / 52 | 76.9% | 70.4% | 41 / 60 | 68.3% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 69.7% | 91 / 99 | 91.9% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 154 / 349 | 44.1% | 37.6% | 335 / 685 | 48.9% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 42 / 53 | 79.2% | 68.5% | 51 / 67 | 76.1% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 30 / 39 | 76.9% | 79.4% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Maness L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Sanders L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 136 / 305 | 44.6% | 40.1% | 234 / 500 | 46.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 47 / 55 | 85.5% | 68.8% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 75 / 89 | 84.3% | 71.1% | 17 / 25 | 68.0% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 148 / 283 | 52.3% | 35.2% | 134 / 384 | 34.9% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 73 / 110 | 66.4% | 68.2% | 88 / 118 | 74.6% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 37 / 56 | 66.1% | 80.3% | 53 / 57 | 93.0% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sanders has more cage time on record.