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Yves Edwards vs.
Nick Agallar

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

10-10-0 (1 NC) Yves Edwards · UFC
0-1-0 Nick Agallar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
49.8
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
47.6
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
73"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
140.4
Layoff (months)Δ 132.1 mo
272.5
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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.

Yves Edwards carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Nick Agallar rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Nick Agallar is wasteful with head shots — only 6% land, vs a 35% Lightweight norm.
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.

Yves Edwards

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Nick Agallar

Full career not yet synced for Nick Agallar — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5612.75/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
50.69/min · norm 3.42
4842.37/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
334.56/min · norm 3.37
42.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
11.6%norm 43.5%
67.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
42.1%norm 56.3%
80.59/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Yves Edwards

Distance 78.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 8.0%)

Nick Agallar

Distance 97.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Yves Edwards

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 7.9%)

Nick Agallar

Head 83.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Edwards L/AAccLightweight med Agallar L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 1029 36.8% 37.9% 4 / 42 9.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 94 / 136 69.1% 67.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 88 / 147 59.9% 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 303 / 977 31.0% 35.0% 2 / 36 5.6% 35.0%
To the body 124 / 183 67.8% 69.1% 0 / 2 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 134 / 152 88.2% 81.9% 3 / 5 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Edwards L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Agallar L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 326 / 1254 26.0% 38.9% 21 / 40 52.5% 38.9%
In the clinch 88 / 142 62.0% 68.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 70 / 109 64.2% 68.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 265 / 1175 22.6% 35.1% 14 / 32 43.8% 35.1%
To the body 125 / 202 61.9% 68.1% 1 / 4 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 94 / 128 73.4% 81.5% 18 / 21 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

640.0% acc · 0.44/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
6971.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.0%
39:4419.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
1:0715.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
49:083:36 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:110:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
100.73/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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