Sean Soriano vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

UFC 0-5-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-5-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 4 yrs
32
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56.6
Layoff (months)Δ 30.8 mo
25.8
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke hunts takedowns — 3.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Sean Soriano is accurate with strikes at range — lands 60%, vs a 41% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sean Soriano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 05
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 143

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.35 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 369

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 51 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1803.18/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1241.95/min · norm 3.54
1212.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1682.64/min · norm 3.47
61.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 45.0%
56.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.4%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.71/15 · norm 0.29

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

Sean Soriano

Distance 73.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 6.5%)

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Distance 71.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 23.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Sean Soriano

Head 70.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.1% (norm 7.8%)

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

Head 88.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Soriano L/AAccFeatherweight med Nuerdanbieke L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 128 / 215 59.5% 40.9% 75 / 193 38.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 70.8% 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 23 / 36 63.9% 69.2% 40 / 63 63.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 207 51.2% 37.2% 103 / 239 43.1% 37.2%
To the body 32 / 41 78.0% 68.2% 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 42 / 44 95.5% 80.7% 11 / 16 too few to rate 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 Soriano L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Nuerdanbieke L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 221 33.9% 39.2% 142 / 304 46.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 9 / 16 too few to rate 70.3% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 37 / 40 92.5% 69.4% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 233 39.9% 35.9% 102 / 259 39.4% 35.9%
To the body 15 / 28 53.6% 67.9% 29 / 37 78.4% 67.9%
To the legs 13 / 16 too few to rate 81.5% 37 / 43 86.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
555.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1435.0% acc · 3.30/15 · norm 1.19
2152.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 61.5%
7:5914.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
31:3649.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
28:077:27 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
7:581:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.24/15 · norm 0.46

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