Val Woodburn vs.
Bo Nickal
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.
Val Woodburn
Full career not yet synced for Val Woodburn — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
Bo Nickal
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 1 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 2.31 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 10 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 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)
Val Woodburn
Distance 78.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 8.1%)
Bo Nickal
Distance 82.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Val Woodburn
Head 91.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 8.4%)
Bo Nickal
Head 72.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Woodburn L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Nickal L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 17 / 55 | 30.9% | 38.6% | 137 / 230 | 59.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 21 / 29 | 72.4% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 21 / 64 | 32.8% | 37.2% | 110 / 202 | 54.5% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 33 / 44 | 75.0% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 28 / 32 | 87.5% | 83.3% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Woodburn L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Nickal L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 39 / 74 | 52.7% | 39.0% | 83 / 234 | 35.5% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 19 / 21 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 35 / 44 | 79.5% | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 67 / 106 | 63.2% | 35.6% | 41 / 174 | 23.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 37 / 53 | 69.8% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 24 / 28 | 85.7% | 82.1% |
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 — Nickal has more cage time on record.