Steven Nguyen vs.
Mohammad Yahya
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 5 |
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
Mohammad Yahya
Full career not yet synced for Mohammad Yahya — 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 -0.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Mohammad Yahya
Distance 99.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)
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%)
Mohammad Yahya
Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Nguyen L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Yahya L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 109 / 330 | 33.0% | 40.9% | 102 / 259 | 39.4% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 38 / 62 | 61.3% | 69.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 123 / 343 | 35.9% | 37.2% | 71 / 211 | 33.6% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 28 / 43 | 65.1% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 20 / 37 | 54.1% | 80.7% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Yahya L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 160 / 354 | 45.2% | 39.2% | 129 / 243 | 53.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 13 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 48 / 75 | 64.0% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 92 / 265 | 34.7% | 35.9% | 129 / 261 | 49.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 43 / 59 | 72.9% | 67.9% | 26 / 36 | 72.2% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 27 / 34 | 79.4% | 81.5% | 35 / 37 | 94.6% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Yahya has more cage time on record.