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Daniel Zellhuber

Lightweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #80; v1.1 (shadow) #81

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 77-81: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,518, deviation 147: measured from 7 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 27 (born 1999-07-07) · Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) · Reach 77 in (196 cm) · Stance Switch · 246 days since last bout (2026-02-28) · Last five 2-3 · Streak L3

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,518 is the division's 62nd highest of 96 board fighters; the ledger stands at -3.0 (less 3.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score -0.38 = -0.07 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.15 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put him at #80.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.3870% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.07resume rating 1,518, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.15quality ledger -3.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -3.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #80v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#81score -0.61; score order #81

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 7 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-02-28UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. KavanaghKing GreenunrankedLKO/TKO2 (4:55)31%
2025-07-19UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3Michael JohnsonunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)47%
2024-09-14UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFCEsteban RibovicsunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)42%
2024-02-24UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2Francisco PradounrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)47%
2023-09-16Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2Christos GiagosunrankedWsubmission2 (3:26)47%
2023-04-15UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. AllenLando VannataunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)32%
2022-09-17UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. SongTrey OgdenunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)54%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 96 board fighters at Lightweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute5.10(73rd percentile at Lightweight)
Significant strike accuracy36%(7th percentile at Lightweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.32(47th percentile at Lightweight)
Share of wins by finish33%(23rd percentile at Lightweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute6.13(89th percentile at Lightweight)
Significant strike defence55%(60th percentile at Lightweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.32(64th percentile at Lightweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career572(77th percentile at Lightweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2026-02-28, 246 days ago)(62nd percentile at Lightweight)
Submission losses0(52nd percentile at Lightweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.113(76th percentile at Lightweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.00(16th percentile at Lightweight)
Takedown defence82%(86th percentile at Lightweight)
Share of cage time in control3%(6th percentile at Lightweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground8%(12th percentile at Lightweight)
Stylestriker (0.3 takedown attempts per 15 min; 3% control)
Career stage
Age27.3(16th percentile at Lightweight)
Age at UFC debut23.2(13th percentile at Lightweight)
Years since UFC debut4.1(47th percentile at Lightweight)
UFC bouts7(50th percentile at Lightweight)
Cage time, minutes93(54th percentile at Lightweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.3(49th percentile at Lightweight)
Days since last bout246(83rd percentile at Lightweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608010020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #34, Lightweight2023-10-13: #33, Lightweight2023-10-20: #33, Lightweight2023-11-03: #31, Lightweight2023-11-10: #31, Lightweight2023-11-17: #32, Lightweight2023-12-01: #31, Lightweight2023-12-08: #31, Lightweight2023-12-15: #31, Lightweight2024-01-12: #31, Lightweight2024-01-19: #31, Lightweight2024-02-02: #31, Lightweight2024-02-09: #32, Lightweight2024-02-16: #32, Lightweight2024-02-23: #32, Lightweight2024-03-01: #28, Lightweight2024-03-08: #28, Lightweight2024-03-15: #29, Lightweight2024-03-22: #30, Lightweight2024-03-29: #30, Lightweight2024-04-05: #29, Lightweight2024-04-12: #30, Lightweight2024-04-26: #29, Lightweight2024-05-03: #30, Lightweight2024-05-10: #32, Lightweight2024-05-17: #32, Lightweight2024-05-31: #32, Lightweight2024-06-07: #31, Lightweight2024-06-14: #33, Lightweight2024-06-21: #33, Lightweight2024-06-28: #32, Lightweight2024-07-12: #32, Lightweight2024-07-19: #31, Lightweight2024-07-26: #30, Lightweight2024-08-02: #30, Lightweight2024-08-09: #29, Lightweight2024-08-16: #29, Lightweight2024-08-23: #29, Lightweight2024-09-06: #29, Lightweight2024-09-13: #29, Lightweight2024-09-27: #40, Lightweight2024-10-04: #40, Lightweight2024-10-11: #39, Lightweight2024-10-18: #40, Lightweight2024-10-25: #40, Lightweight2024-11-01: #40, Lightweight2024-11-08: #40, Lightweight2024-11-15: #40, Lightweight2024-11-22: #39, Lightweight2024-12-06: #39, Lightweight2024-12-13: #39, Lightweight2025-01-10: #40, Lightweight2025-01-17: #41, Lightweight2025-01-31: #41, Lightweight2025-02-07: #41, Lightweight2025-02-14: #43, Lightweight2025-02-21: #42, Lightweight2025-02-28: #42, Lightweight2025-03-07: #42, Lightweight2025-03-14: #41, Lightweight2025-03-21: #41, Lightweight2025-03-28: #41, Lightweight2025-04-04: #41, Lightweight2025-04-11: #41, Lightweight2025-04-25: #39, Lightweight2025-05-02: #39, Lightweight2025-05-09: #40, Lightweight2025-05-16: #40, Lightweight2025-05-30: #41, Lightweight2025-06-06: #42, Lightweight2025-06-13: #42, Lightweight2025-06-20: #43, Lightweight2025-06-27: #41, Lightweight2025-07-11: #45, Lightweight2025-07-18: #45, Lightweight2025-07-25: #51, Lightweight2025-08-01: #51, Lightweight2025-08-08: #49, Lightweight2025-08-15: #49, Lightweight2025-08-22: #50, Lightweight2025-09-05: #51, Lightweight2025-09-12: #50, Lightweight2025-09-26: #46, Lightweight2025-10-03: #46, Lightweight2025-10-10: #45, Lightweight2025-10-17: #45, Lightweight2025-10-24: #45, Lightweight2025-10-31: #44, Lightweight2025-11-07: #44, Lightweight2025-11-14: #44, Lightweight2025-11-21: #43, Lightweight2025-12-05: #43, Lightweight2025-12-12: #44, Lightweight2026-01-23: #43, Lightweight2026-01-30: #43, Lightweight2026-02-06: #43, Lightweight2026-02-20: #43, Lightweight2026-02-27: #43, Lightweight2026-03-06: #67, Lightweight2026-03-13: #68, Lightweight2026-03-20: #66, Lightweight2026-03-27: #67, Lightweight2026-04-03: #70, Lightweight2026-04-10: #72, Lightweight2026-04-17: #72, Lightweight2026-04-24: #74, Lightweight2026-05-01: #75, Lightweight2026-05-08: #76, Lightweight2026-05-15: #75, Lightweight2026-05-29: #76, Lightweight2026-06-05: #76, Lightweight2026-06-13: #75, Lightweight2026-06-19: #75, Lightweight2026-06-26: #75, Lightweight2026-07-10: #73, Lightweight2026-07-17: #73, Lightweight2026-07-24: #73, Lightweight2026-07-31: #77, Lightweight2026-08-07: #80, Lightweight2026-08-14: #81, Lightweight2026-08-21: #80, Lightweight2026-08-28: #81, Lightweight2026-09-04: #81, Lightweight2026-09-11: #82, Lightweight2026-09-18: #82, Lightweight2026-09-25: #81, Lightweight2026-09-26: #82, Lightweight2026-10-03: #83, Lightweight2026-10-10: #82, Lightweight2026-10-17: #83, Lightweight2026-10-24: #82, Lightweight2026-10-31: #80, Lightweight#80

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,6001,650202420252026Sep 2022Oct 20262022-09-17: 1,452 (L vs Trey Ogden)2023-04-15: 1,541 (W vs Lando Vannata)2023-09-16: 1,558 (W vs Christos Giagos)2024-02-24: 1,614 (W vs Francisco Prado)2024-09-14: 1,587 (L vs Esteban Ribovics)2025-07-19: 1,555 (L vs Michael Johnson)2026-02-28: 1,517 (L vs King Green)1,517

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (+21 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+37what fighters aged 27.3 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-17his recency-weighted mean and trend over 7 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -3 points a year
Combined+21the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0222324252627282022-09-17 (age 23.2): L vs Trey Ogden, residual -0.242023-04-15 (age 23.8): W vs Lando Vannata, residual +0.322023-09-16 (age 24.2): W vs Christos Giagos, residual +0.492024-02-24 (age 24.6): W vs Francisco Prado, residual +0.142024-09-14 (age 25.2): L vs Esteban Ribovics, residual -0.182025-07-19 (age 26.0): L vs Michael Johnson, residual -0.132026-02-28 (age 26.6): L vs King Green, residual -0.41+0.03

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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