Shane Nelson Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Matt Wiman Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez	Dec 12, 2009
L	Aaron Riley Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 101: Declaration	Aug 8, 2009
W	Aaron Riley Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:44	UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine	Mar 7, 2009
W	George Roop Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale	Dec 13, 2008

Outside the UFC

14-5across 19 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 sub · 7 decROTR · RWE · MFC 35 · Shooto · SCC +8

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Kaleo Kwan11-16	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	RWE	Jun 21, 2014
L	Graham Spencer10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	MFC 35	Oct 26, 2012
L	Takasuke Kume26-8-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:54	Shooto	Feb 12, 2012
W	Lance Wipf8-5	KO/TKO	Knee Injury	R2	2:15	SCC	Nov 4, 2011
W	Aaron Wetherspoon10-5	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	1:33	SF 18	Aug 19, 2011
W	Jai Bradney16-17-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:06	Nitro MMA	Mar 19, 2011
W	Kaleo Kwan11-16	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	X-1 Events	Jan 26, 2008
W	Harris Sarmiento36-26	Decision	—	R3	5:00	GPG	Oct 6, 2007
W	Mike Cuban0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	ROTR	Jul 14, 2007
W	Kolo Koka13-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	X-1	Mar 17, 2007
W	Aleka Rincon5-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROTR	Oct 21, 2006
W	Tyler Kahihikolo8-20	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROTR	Jun 17, 2006
L	Jamal Perkins9-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Extreme Wars 2	Mar 18, 2006
W	Isaac Kuikahi0-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:09	ROTR	Nov 5, 2005
L	Robert Villapondo6-3-2	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	ROTR	Oct 7, 2005
L	Harris Sarmiento36-26	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	ROTR	Jul 9, 2005
W	Kaleo Kwan11-16	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	PIP 9	Jan 22, 2005
W	Duke Saragosa4-5	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	—	ROTR	Sep 18, 2004
W	Wayne Salazar0-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	2:29	YTYT 5	Aug 28, 2004

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 0 losses

W5

L0

Submission

3 wins, 1 loss

W3

L1

Decision

8 wins, 6 losses

W8

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.25

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

1.25

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Shane Nelson

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

2.56 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Shane Nelson

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD38th

31%63 / 203

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.46 differential

Landed1.38

Absorbed2.84

58%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head62%25th39
Body32%40th20
Leg6%26th4

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

57%Standing

Standing57%36
Clinch24%15
Ground19%12

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Shane Nelson

Landed per 15

Head

F

7th

12.8

7th

Body

F

24th

6.6

24th

Leg

F

4th

1.3

4th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

75th

25.3

75th

Body

C

48th

10.8

48th

Leg

B

59th

6.6

59th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	12.8	39	170	23%
Body	6.6	20	26	77%
Leg	1.3	4	7	57%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	25.3	77	261	30%
Body	10.8	33	47	70%
Leg	6.6	20	27	74%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Shane Nelson

18%

Takedown accuracy

55%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.6 min net

On top3.1

On bottom5.7

Offense

Takedowns

C

53rd

1.3

53rd

TD accuracy

F

20th

18%

20th

Sub attempts

A

82nd

1.6

82nd

Control

B

59th

3.1 min

59th

Defense

TD defense

C

43rd

55%

43rd

Controlled

5.7 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 22
Submission attempts	5
Control time	9:22

Defense

TDs defended	6 / 11
Control absorbed	17:22

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (46min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Shane Nelson

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 46 min

61%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Nelson fades (-26% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nelson drops to 61% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Nelson ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Nelsonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nelsonattempts / min

Control time

Nelson% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	2.0	3.6	0.44	29%	4
R2	3.6	1.4	2.8	0.40	26%	3
R3	2.7	0.7	2.1	0.60	6%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Shane Nelson

4 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

30/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

10th

16%

10th

Win quality

B

59th

43%

59th

Limited UFC sample (4 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

220-191-8

.535 win rate

Winning-record opponents

9 of 19

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

19

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Matt Wiman	Contender-level	36	Dec 12, 2009
L	Aaron Riley	Unproven	8	Aug 8, 2009
W	Aaron Riley	Unproven	8	Mar 7, 2009
W	George Roop	Unproven	8	Dec 13, 2008

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

4 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-2

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

1-1

2 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

12 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Shane Nelson

Extended layoff

12 yearssince last bout

vs Kaleo Kwan · Jun 21, 2014

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 2-2

61.1

DK avg

75.1

Median

127.2

Ceiling

20.3

Floor

25%

Boom

0%

Bust

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