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Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs.
TJ Brown

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

3-3-0 Shayilan Nuerdanbieke · UFC
3-5-0 TJ Brown · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32.3
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
36.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
25.7
Layoff (months)Δ 8 mo
33.7
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
TJ Brown is a submission threat — 1.33 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke hunts takedowns — 3.30 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.

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

TJ Brown

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

In the UFC: 0-1 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

1241.95/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3423.37/min · norm 3.54
1682.64/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3143.10/min · norm 3.47
45.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 45.0%
50.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 54.85%
30.71/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Distance 71.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 23.3% (norm 6.5%)

TJ Brown

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Head 88.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.8%)

TJ Brown

Head 83.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.8%)

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 Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 193 38.9% 40.9% 270 / 687 39.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.8% 42 / 52 80.8% 70.8%
On the ground 40 / 63 63.5% 69.2% 30 / 35 85.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 239 43.1% 37.2% 246 / 643 38.3% 37.2%
To the body 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.2% 69 / 95 72.6% 68.2%
To the legs 11 / 16 too few to rate 80.7% 27 / 36 75.0% 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 Nuerdanbieke L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 304 46.7% 39.2% 246 / 535 46.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4% 49 / 63 77.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 259 39.4% 35.9% 200 / 480 41.7% 35.9%
To the body 29 / 37 78.4% 67.9% 45 / 62 72.6% 67.9%
To the legs 37 / 43 86.0% 81.5% 69 / 77 89.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1435.0% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2155.3% acc · 3.11/15 · norm 1.19
228.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
832.0% def · norm 61.5%
31:3649.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
31:3431.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
7:581:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
30:284:30 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.24/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
91.33/15 · norm 0.46

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

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