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Shane Young vs.
Rolando Dy

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 Rolando Dy · 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 3 yrs
36
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
34.9
Layoff (months)Δ 62.5 mo
97.4
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.

Rolando Dy rarely shoots — 0.30 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Shane Young absorbs 5.46 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Shane Young rarely shoots — 0.63 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

Rolando Dy

Full career not yet synced for Rolando Dy — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3735.19/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1513.04/min · norm 3.54
3935.46/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2224.47/min · norm 3.47
40.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 45.0%
52.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.4%norm 54.85%
10.21/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.30/15 · 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%)

Rolando Dy

Distance 88.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.7% (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%)

Rolando Dy

Head 76.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.0% (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 Dy L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 877 39.6% 40.9% 117 / 354 33.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 26 / 39 66.7% 70.8% 27 / 36 75.0% 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 213 / 705 30.2% 37.2% 91 / 307 29.6% 37.2%
To the body 99 / 137 72.3% 68.2% 43 / 70 61.4% 68.2%
To the legs 61 / 74 82.4% 80.7% 17 / 24 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 Dy L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 341 / 752 45.3% 39.2% 170 / 382 44.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3% 25 / 41 61.0% 70.3%
On the ground 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4% 27 / 43 62.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 265 / 676 39.2% 35.9% 155 / 386 40.2% 35.9%
To the body 49 / 69 71.0% 67.9% 39 / 50 78.0% 67.9%
To the legs 79 / 83 95.2% 81.5% 28 / 30 93.3% 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
120.0% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 1.19
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1568.2% def · norm 61.5%
5:468.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
3:246.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
12:062:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
12:543:53 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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