Gabriel Miranda vs. Shane Young

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
33
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.3
Layoff (months)Δ 18.7 mo
35
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gabriel Miranda is a submission threat — 1.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Miranda hunts takedowns — 4.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Shane Young absorbs 5.46 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Gabriel Miranda

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Shane Young

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

513.23/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3735.19/min · norm 3.54
956.01/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3935.46/min · norm 3.47
44.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.7%norm 45.0%
37.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.29

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

Gabriel Miranda

Distance 91.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Shane Young

Distance 95.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Gabriel Miranda

Head 68.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 7.8%)

Shane Young

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miranda L/AAccFeatherweight med Young L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 106 41.5% 40.9% 347 / 877 39.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.8% 26 / 39 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 79 38.0% 37.2% 213 / 705 30.2% 37.2%
To the body 16 / 27 59.3% 68.2% 99 / 137 72.3% 68.2%
To the legs 5 / 10 too few to rate 80.7% 61 / 74 82.4% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Miranda L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Young L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 111 55.0% 39.2% 341 / 752 45.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.3% 35 / 53 66.0% 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 34 79.4% 69.4% 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 129 57.4% 35.9% 265 / 676 39.2% 35.9%
To the body 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.9% 49 / 69 71.0% 67.9%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 79 / 83 95.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
538.5% acc · 4.75/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.19
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
3:2421.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:468.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
6:185:58 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
12:062:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
21.90/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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