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Shane Young vs.
Austin Arnett

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

2-5-0 Shane Young · UFC
1-3-0 Austin Arnett · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 1.8 yrs
34.8
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
34.9
Layoff (months)Δ 54.9 mo
89.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Austin Arnett absorbs 5.67 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Shane Young absorbs 5.46 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Austin Arnett rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Shane Young

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Austin Arnett

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3735.19/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2063.83/min · norm 3.54
3935.46/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3055.67/min · norm 3.47
40.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 45.0%
52.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 54.85%
10.21/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Shane Young

Distance 95.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Austin Arnett

Distance 89.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Shane Young

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.8%)

Austin Arnett

Head 88.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Young L/AAccFeatherweight med Arnett L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 877 39.6% 40.9% 169 / 431 39.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 26 / 39 66.7% 70.8% 19 / 30 63.3% 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 18 / 22 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 213 / 705 30.2% 37.2% 166 / 425 39.1% 37.2%
To the body 99 / 137 72.3% 68.2% 37 / 54 68.5% 68.2%
To the legs 61 / 74 82.4% 80.7% 3 / 4 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 Young L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Arnett L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 341 / 752 45.3% 39.2% 258 / 632 40.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3% 32 / 54 59.3% 70.3%
On the ground 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4% 15 / 24 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 265 / 676 39.2% 35.9% 156 / 508 30.7% 35.9%
To the body 49 / 69 71.0% 67.9% 73 / 111 65.8% 67.9%
To the legs 79 / 83 95.2% 81.5% 76 / 91 83.5% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

318.8% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
218.2% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.19
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
457.1% def · norm 61.5%
5:468.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
7:0613.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
12:062:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:130:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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