Geane Herrera vs. Ben Nguyen

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
116.4
Layoff (months)Δ 24.2 mo
92.2
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ben Nguyen carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Ben Nguyen rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Geane Herrera absorbs 5.07 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Geane Herrera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Ben Nguyen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 145

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

821.51/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2103.51/min · norm 3.49
2765.07/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1803.01/min · norm 3.24
31.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
40.1%norm 44.6%
52.9%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
59.4%norm 56.4%
10.28/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
30.75/15 · norm 0.18

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

Geane Herrera

Distance 86.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 7.3%)

Ben Nguyen

Distance 89.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.8% (norm 7.3%)

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

Geane Herrera

Head 93.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 3.8% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 9.3%)

Ben Nguyen

Head 82.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 11.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Herrera L/AAccFlyweight med Nguyen L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 58 / 228 25.4% 40.0% 164 / 467 35.1% 40.0%
In the clinch 7 / 17 too few to rate 70.4% 31 / 37 83.8% 70.4%
On the ground 17 / 18 too few to rate 69.7% 15 / 20 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 246 28.0% 37.6% 145 / 432 33.6% 37.6%
To the body 8 / 10 too few to rate 68.5% 40 / 61 65.6% 68.5%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 80.0% 25 / 31 80.6% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Herrera L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Nguyen L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 451 39.5% 40.1% 76 / 290 26.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 20 / 23 too few to rate 68.8% 6 / 19 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 78 / 112 69.6% 71.1% 98 / 134 73.1% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 176 / 458 38.4% 35.2% 147 / 392 37.5% 35.2%
To the body 75 / 98 76.5% 68.2% 19 / 32 59.4% 68.2%
To the legs 25 / 30 83.3% 80.3% 14 / 19 too few to rate 80.3%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
337.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.30
538.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2463.2% def · norm 62.5%
1:563.5% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
6:2310.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
22:216:09 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
19:184:50 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.55/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
41.00/15 · norm 0.58

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