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Steven Nguyen vs.
Jarno Errens

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

1-1-0 Steven Nguyen · UFC
1-3-0 Jarno Errens · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
31
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
12.4
Layoff (months)Δ 11.5 mo
23.9
WL
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.

Steven Nguyen carries real power — 3.60 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jarno Errens carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jarno Errens rarely shoots — 0.00 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.

Steven Nguyen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 145

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -2.0 wins over .500

Jarno Errens

Full career not yet synced for Jarno Errens — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1556.20/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1613.29/min · norm 3.54
1626.48/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1613.29/min · norm 3.47
38.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 45.0%
54.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
61.9%norm 54.85%
63.60/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.61/15 · norm 0.29

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

Steven Nguyen

Distance 82.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.5% (norm 6.5%)

Jarno Errens

Distance 96.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Steven Nguyen

Head 85.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.8%)

Jarno Errens

Head 66.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nguyen L/AAccFeatherweight med Errens L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 109 / 330 33.0% 40.9% 154 / 349 44.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 8 / 8 too few to rate 70.8% 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 38 / 62 61.3% 69.2% 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 343 35.9% 37.2% 77 / 240 32.1% 37.2%
To the body 12 / 20 too few to rate 68.2% 46 / 69 66.7% 68.2%
To the legs 20 / 37 54.1% 80.7% 38 / 53 71.7% 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 Nguyen L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Errens L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 354 45.2% 39.2% 147 / 400 36.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 265 34.7% 35.9% 85 / 301 28.2% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 59 72.9% 67.9% 27 / 50 54.0% 67.9%
To the legs 27 / 34 79.4% 81.5% 49 / 72 68.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1100.0% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
5100.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 61.5%
3:0612.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
2:034.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
0:200:12 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
14:564:35 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.31/15 · norm 0.46

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

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