Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
50
AgeΔ 7 yrs
43
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
155.7
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
162.6
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Brown hunts takedowns — 3.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Mike Brown owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Diego Nunes carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike Brown

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 245

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Diego Nunes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 224

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1973.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2662.96/min · norm 3.54
1832.84/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2903.22/min · norm 3.47
55.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 45.0%
53.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.4%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.50/15 · norm 0.29

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

Mike Brown

Distance 53.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 22.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 23.9% (norm 6.5%)

Diego Nunes

Distance 77.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Mike Brown

Head 70.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 7.8%)

Diego Nunes

Head 61.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med Nunes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 191 31.4% 40.9% 183 / 467 39.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 67 / 80 83.8% 70.8% 59 / 84 70.2% 70.8%
On the ground 70 / 85 82.4% 69.2% 24 / 49 49.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 251 45.0% 37.2% 109 / 370 29.5% 37.2%
To the body 33 / 49 67.3% 68.2% 73 / 104 70.2% 68.2%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 80.7% 84 / 126 66.7% 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 Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Nunes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 300 39.3% 39.2% 140 / 484 28.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 52 69.2% 70.3% 76 / 110 69.1% 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 41 70.7% 69.4% 74 / 86 86.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 286 34.3% 35.9% 147 / 485 30.3% 35.9%
To the body 53 / 71 74.6% 67.9% 49 / 71 69.0% 67.9%
To the legs 32 / 36 88.9% 81.5% 94 / 124 75.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1331.0% acc · 3.03/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
1168.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4971.0% def · norm 61.5%
26:5141.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:1512.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:203:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
26:144:22 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · 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 — Brown has more cage time on record.