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Nathaniel Wood vs.
Jose Quinonez

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

11-3-0 Nathaniel Wood · UFC
5-4-0 Jose Quinonez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-3-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
33.2
AgeΔ 2.8 yrs
36
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
4.5
Layoff (months)Δ 63.5 mo
68
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Jose Quinonez hunts takedowns — 2.70 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Quinonez is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Nathaniel Wood outworks the Featherweight division — 5.64 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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.

Nathaniel Wood

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Jose Quinonez

Full career not yet synced for Jose Quinonez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-2 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

10695.64/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3413.60/min · norm 3.52
8064.25/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2843.00/min · norm 3.58
51.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.4%
54.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 56.6%
50.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.48/15 · norm 0.30

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

Nathaniel Wood

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jose Quinonez

Distance 85.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Nathaniel Wood

Head 69.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 22.2% (norm 7.8%)

Jose Quinonez

Head 69.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wood L/AAccFeatherweight med Quinonez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 929 / 1892 49.1% 40.9% 271 / 644 42.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 58 / 80 72.5% 70.8% 20 / 35 57.1% 68.7%
On the ground 82 / 119 68.9% 69.2% 50 / 71 70.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 589 / 1443 40.8% 37.2% 175 / 519 33.7% 34.9%
To the body 112 / 184 60.9% 68.2% 66 / 110 60.0% 66.8%
To the legs 368 / 464 79.3% 80.7% 100 / 121 82.6% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Wood L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Quinonez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 666 / 1593 41.8% 39.2% 237 / 707 33.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 84 / 104 80.8% 70.3% 27 / 47 57.4% 70.4%
On the ground 56 / 74 75.7% 69.4% 20 / 35 57.1% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 507 / 1379 36.8% 35.9% 144 / 563 25.6% 34.9%
To the body 177 / 245 72.2% 67.9% 57 / 110 51.8% 66.0%
To the legs 122 / 147 83.0% 81.5% 83 / 116 71.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1748.6% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1747.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.12
3373.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
642.9% def · norm 66.7%
28:1314.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
23:0624.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
26:482:07 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:450:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
60.47/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.63/15 · norm 0.28

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

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