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Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs. Darrick Minner

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32
AgeΔ 4 yrs
36
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28.2
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
47.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Darrick Minner is a submission threat — 2.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Darrick Minner owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 369

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 51 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Darrick Minner

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 225

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1241.95/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1142.40/min · norm 3.52
1682.64/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1092.30/min · norm 3.50
45.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
67.5%norm 44.7%
50.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
34.3%norm 54.8%
30.71/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.32/15 · norm 0.29

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Distance 71.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 23.3% (norm 6.5%)

Darrick Minner

Distance 52.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 18.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 29.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Head 88.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 5.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Darrick Minner

Head 68.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nuerdanbieke L/AAccFeatherweight med Minner L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 193 38.9% 40.5% 52 / 89 58.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.5% 26 / 31 83.9% 70.5%
On the ground 40 / 63 63.5% 69.3% 36 / 49 73.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 239 43.1% 37.1% 67 / 115 58.3% 37.1%
To the body 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 31 / 33 93.9% 68.0%
To the legs 11 / 16 too few to rate 80.3% 16 / 21 too few to rate 80.3%

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 · Featherweight: 127 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 Nuerdanbieke L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Minner L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 304 46.7% 39.3% 22 / 48 45.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4% 84 / 113 74.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 259 39.4% 35.9% 82 / 136 60.3% 35.9%
To the body 29 / 37 78.4% 68.0% 25 / 26 96.2% 68.0%
To the legs 37 / 43 86.0% 81.5% 2 / 4 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1435.0% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
888.9% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.17
228.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
666.7% def · norm 61.5%
31:3649.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
22:4548.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
7:581:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
14:484:40 per 15 · norm 3:11
10.24/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
92.85/15 · norm 0.45

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