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Rodrigo Nascimento vs.
Tanner Boser

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

4-3-0 (1 NC) Rodrigo Nascimento · UFC
5-6-0 Tanner Boser · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-6-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
33.7
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
35
6'2"
HeightΔ 0"
6'2"
80"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 17.5 mo
3.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Rodrigo Nascimento is a submission threat — 0.35 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.82 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 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.

Rodrigo Nascimento

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Tanner Boser

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3143.69/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
5764.82/min · norm 3.36
3764.42/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3593.00/min · norm 3.19
47.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
53.5%norm 47.8%
44.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
57.5%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.25/15 · norm 0.28

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

Rodrigo Nascimento

Distance 89.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 9.3%)

Tanner Boser

Distance 90.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Rodrigo Nascimento

Head 83.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 7.6%)

Tanner Boser

Head 67.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nascimento L/AAccHeavyweight med Boser L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 593 43.7% 40.1% 498 / 974 51.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6% 52 / 67 77.6% 70.6%
On the ground 18 / 21 too few to rate 70.2% 26 / 35 74.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 224 / 553 40.5% 38.9% 278 / 727 38.2% 38.9%
To the body 49 / 66 74.2% 76.8% 112 / 146 76.7% 76.8%
To the legs 41 / 44 93.2% 87.8% 186 / 203 91.6% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Nascimento L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Boser L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 277 / 548 50.5% 40.7% 288 / 762 37.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 68 / 86 79.1% 70.6% 45 / 56 80.4% 70.6%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 72.0% 26 / 27 96.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 503 47.1% 38.8% 224 / 659 34.0% 38.8%
To the body 89 / 118 75.4% 75.1% 86 / 123 69.9% 75.1%
To the legs 50 / 57 87.7% 84.4% 49 / 63 77.8% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

637.5% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
1359.1% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1669.6% def · norm 64.3%
20:1023.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
9:007.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
18:583:20 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
18:292:19 per 15 · norm 2:28
20.35/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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