Umar Nurmagomedov vs.
Nate Maness
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.
Umar Nurmagomedov
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.75 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500
Nate Maness
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
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
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)
Umar Nurmagomedov
Distance 75.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)
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 76.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)
Nate Maness
Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.7% (norm 13.3%) · 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/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Maness L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 329 / 654 | 50.3% | 39.0% | 126 / 310 | 40.6% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 29 / 39 | 74.4% | 68.7% | 40 / 52 | 76.9% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 131 / 173 | 75.7% | 70.2% | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 334 / 662 | 50.5% | 34.9% | 154 / 349 | 44.1% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 99 / 140 | 70.7% | 66.8% | 42 / 53 | 79.2% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 56 / 64 | 87.5% | 79.4% | 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: 117 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/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Maness L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 206 / 557 | 37.0% | 39.3% | 136 / 305 | 44.6% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 47 | 59.6% | 70.4% | 47 / 55 | 85.5% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 75 / 89 | 84.3% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 117 / 438 | 26.7% | 34.9% | 148 / 283 | 52.3% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 74 / 111 | 66.7% | 66.0% | 73 / 110 | 66.4% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 45 / 59 | 76.3% | 79.1% | 37 / 56 | 66.1% | 80.3% |
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 — Nurmagomedov has more cage time on record.