Nathaniel Wood vs.
Losene Keita
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.
Nathaniel Wood
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 5 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 3 |
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
Losene Keita
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 16 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +7.0 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)
Nathaniel Wood
Distance 90.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 6.5%)
Losene Keita
Distance 100.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (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%)
Losene Keita
Head 84.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Wood L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Keita L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 929 / 1892 | 49.1% | 40.9% | 52 / 119 | 43.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 58 / 80 | 72.5% | 70.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 82 / 119 | 68.9% | 69.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 589 / 1443 | 40.8% | 37.2% | 36 / 101 | 35.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 112 / 184 | 60.9% | 68.2% | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 368 / 464 | 79.3% | 80.7% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 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 Wood L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Keita L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 666 / 1593 | 41.8% | 39.2% | 67 / 177 | 37.9% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 84 / 104 | 80.8% | 70.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 56 / 74 | 75.7% | 69.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 507 / 1379 | 36.8% | 35.9% | 32 / 128 | 25.0% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 177 / 245 | 72.2% | 67.9% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 122 / 147 | 83.0% | 81.5% | 33 / 47 | 70.2% | 81.5% |
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 — Wood has more cage time on record.