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Shane Burgos vs. Kurt Holobaugh

UFC 8-3-0 vs. 2-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0
UFC record
2-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
51.1
Layoff (months)Δ 34.4 mo
16.7
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shane Burgos carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Shane Burgos outworks the Featherweight division — 7.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Kurt Holobaugh is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shane Burgos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Kurt Holobaugh

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 203

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10407.40/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4564.65/min · norm 3.44
9526.78/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4434.52/min · norm 3.38
52.4%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
45.0%norm 43.65%
56.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
48.5%norm 56.3%
60.64/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.15/15 · norm 0.25

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

Shane Burgos

Distance 88.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)

Kurt Holobaugh

Distance 86.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Shane Burgos

Head 76.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.9%)

Kurt Holobaugh

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Burgos L/AAccFeatherweight med Holobaugh L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 854 / 1754 48.7% 40.5% 357 / 880 40.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 106 / 130 81.5% 70.5% 75 / 104 72.1% 67.5%
On the ground 80 / 100 80.0% 69.3% 24 / 30 80.0% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 664 / 1518 43.7% 37.1% 283 / 784 36.1% 35.1%
To the body 199 / 271 73.4% 68.0% 113 / 153 73.9% 69.1%
To the legs 177 / 195 90.8% 80.3% 60 / 77 77.9% 81.8%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Burgos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Holobaugh L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 835 / 2014 41.5% 39.3% 292 / 648 45.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 83 / 121 68.6% 70.3% 72 / 102 70.6% 68.6%
On the ground 34 / 46 73.9% 69.4% 79 / 110 71.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 643 / 1748 36.8% 35.9% 329 / 717 45.9% 35.2%
To the body 145 / 219 66.2% 68.0% 80 / 103 77.7% 68.2%
To the legs 164 / 214 76.6% 81.5% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
444.4% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
533.3% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.34
6591.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1336.1% def · norm 63.7%
14:5910.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
16:1616.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
16:141:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
41:386:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
40.43/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.77/15 · norm 0.48

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