Diego Ferreira vs. Kyle Nelson
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Diego Ferreira
Full career not yet synced for Diego Ferreira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500
Kyle Nelson
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 25 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Diego Ferreira
Distance 88.4% (norm 83.0%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 8.0%)
Kyle Nelson
Distance 88.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Diego Ferreira
Head 81.0% (norm 78.1%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.0%)
Kyle Nelson
Head 74.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ferreira L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Nelson L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 703 / 1934 | 36.3% | 38.4% | 351 / 803 | 43.7% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 58 / 83 | 69.9% | 67.5% | 54 / 86 | 62.8% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 131 / 170 | 77.1% | 69.1% | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 642 / 1771 | 36.3% | 35.3% | 235 / 673 | 34.9% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 189 / 341 | 55.4% | 69.2% | 109 / 151 | 72.2% | 68.4% |
| To the legs | 61 / 75 | 81.3% | 81.8% | 74 / 85 | 87.1% | 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 (Lightweight: 205 fighters · Featherweight: 129 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 Ferreira L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Nelson L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 491 / 1264 | 38.8% | 38.9% | 387 / 930 | 41.6% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 45 / 67 | 67.2% | 68.6% | 43 / 60 | 71.7% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 108 / 172 | 62.8% | 68.2% | 105 / 168 | 62.5% | 69.5% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 463 / 1236 | 37.5% | 35.2% | 308 / 881 | 35.0% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 122 / 195 | 62.6% | 68.2% | 126 / 158 | 79.7% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 59 / 72 | 81.9% | 81.5% | 101 / 119 | 84.9% | 81.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ferreira has more cage time on record.