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Stewart Nicoll vs.
Jesus Aguilar

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

0-4-0 Stewart Nicoll · UFC
4-3-0 Jesus Aguilar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
30
AgeΔ 0 yrs
30
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
65"
ReachΔ 3"
62"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
5
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Stewart Nicoll hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Jesus Aguilar is a submission threat — 1.11 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Stewart Nicoll absorbs 4.81 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Stewart Nicoll

Full career not yet synced for Stewart Nicoll — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Jesus Aguilar

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1283.01/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1772.63/min · norm 3.49
2054.81/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1672.48/min · norm 3.24
37.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 44.6%
54.1%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.22/15 · norm 0.18

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

Stewart Nicoll

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 0.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.8% (norm 7.3%)

Jesus Aguilar

Distance 92.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 7.3%)

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

Stewart Nicoll

Head 85.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 8.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 9.3%)

Jesus Aguilar

Head 70.0% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nicoll L/AAccFlyweight med Aguilar L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 122 / 328 37.2% 40.0% 155 / 436 35.6% 40.0%
In the clinch 0 / 3 too few to rate 70.4% 17 / 27 63.0% 70.4%
On the ground 6 / 13 too few to rate 69.7% 5 / 11 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 295 30.8% 37.6% 87 / 332 26.2% 37.6%
To the body 20 / 28 71.4% 68.5% 42 / 77 54.5% 68.5%
To the legs 17 / 21 too few to rate 80.0% 48 / 65 73.8% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Nicoll L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Aguilar L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 186 / 420 44.3% 40.1% 134 / 371 36.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.8% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 71.1% 25 / 43 58.1% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 145 / 374 38.8% 35.2% 114 / 343 33.2% 35.2%
To the body 49 / 58 84.5% 68.2% 34 / 58 58.6% 68.2%
To the legs 11 / 15 too few to rate 80.3% 19 / 24 too few to rate 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

822.9% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
526.3% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.30
433.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1846.2% def · norm 62.5%
7:5718.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
9:2814.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
5:161:51 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
26:566:00 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
51.11/15 · norm 0.58

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

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