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Nathaniel Wood vs. Jose Quinonez

UFC 11-4-0 vs. 5-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-4-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
33
AgeΔ 3 yrs
36
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 69 mo
70.5
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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 — 5.36 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10975.36/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3413.60/min · norm 3.52
8564.19/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2843.00/min · norm 3.58
50.4%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.5%
54.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 56.6%
60.44/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.48/15 · norm 0.29

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

Nathaniel Wood

Distance 90.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 6.5%)

Jose Quinonez

Distance 85.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.4%)

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

Nathaniel Wood

Head 69.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 21.8% (norm 7.9%)

Jose Quinonez

Head 69.2% (norm 77.5%) · 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 955 / 1971 48.5% 40.5% 271 / 644 42.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 60 / 86 69.8% 70.5% 20 / 35 57.1% 69.0%
On the ground 82 / 120 68.3% 69.3% 50 / 71 70.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 606 / 1506 40.2% 37.1% 175 / 519 33.7% 35.3%
To the body 119 / 197 60.4% 68.0% 66 / 110 60.0% 66.9%
To the legs 372 / 474 78.5% 80.3% 100 / 121 82.6% 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 699 / 1675 41.7% 39.3% 237 / 707 33.5% 39.4%
In the clinch 93 / 117 79.5% 70.3% 27 / 47 57.4% 70.6%
On the ground 64 / 84 76.2% 69.4% 20 / 35 57.1% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 551 / 1471 37.5% 35.9% 144 / 563 25.6% 34.9%
To the body 181 / 256 70.7% 68.0% 57 / 110 51.8% 66.1%
To the legs 124 / 149 83.2% 81.5% 83 / 116 71.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1748.6% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1747.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.12
4875.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
642.9% def · norm 65.7%
28:2213.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
23:0624.4% of cage time · norm 17.8%
32:542:24 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
3:450:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
60.44/15 · norm 0.45
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.