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Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Nate Maness

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 5-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
30
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 26.5 mo
28.2
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Umar Nurmagomedov hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Nate Maness carries real power — 0.45 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Umar Nurmagomedov owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 18% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Umar Nurmagomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.75 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.1 wins over .500

Nate Maness

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 52
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5023.76/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2093.14/min · norm 3.48
2471.85/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2583.88/min · norm 3.24
56.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 44.6%
60.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
42.5%norm 56.4%
10.11/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.45/15 · norm 0.18

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

Umar Nurmagomedov

Distance 76.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 19.5% (norm 6.4%)

Nate Maness

Distance 74.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Umar Nurmagomedov

Head 76.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 8.4%)

Nate Maness

Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.7% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nurmagomedov L/AAccBantamweight med Maness L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 675 50.7% 39.2% 126 / 310 40.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 29 / 39 74.4% 69.0% 40 / 52 76.9% 70.1%
On the ground 131 / 173 75.7% 70.2% 43 / 54 79.6% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 341 / 676 50.4% 35.3% 154 / 349 44.1% 37.6%
To the body 99 / 140 70.7% 66.9% 42 / 53 79.2% 68.5%
To the legs 62 / 71 87.3% 79.2% 13 / 14 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 121 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 Nurmagomedov L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Maness L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 577 37.3% 39.4% 136 / 305 44.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 28 / 47 59.6% 70.6% 47 / 55 85.5% 68.8%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 72.1% 75 / 89 84.3% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 453 26.9% 34.9% 148 / 283 52.3% 35.4%
To the body 77 / 114 67.5% 66.1% 73 / 110 66.4% 67.9%
To the legs 48 / 64 75.0% 78.8% 37 / 56 66.1% 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3546.1% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.30
2779.4% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
3280.0% def · norm 62.5%
51:0338.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
8:0812.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
3:370:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
29:066:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.22/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.68/15 · norm 0.58

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