Women's Strawweight

Shanelle Dyer

The Nightmare

7-1

Age
25
Height
5'6"
Reach
5'5"
Stance
Orthodox
Camp
Great Britain Top Team
Out of
England
Style
striker
Fight IQ
B · 73
Finish rate
0%
Win rate
88%

Career methods

KO/TKO
2
Sub
0
Dec
5

FightMetric

SLpM

7.71

SApM

1.90

Str Acc

47%

Str Def

53%

TD Avg

0.70

TD Acc

8%

TD Def

82%

Sub Avg

0.00

Tape read

Volume pressure striker

Fight IQ

73B

Built from FightMetric rates, method shares, and 6 loaded UFC rows. Timing and agility are tape proxies, not lab measurements.

IQ

B

Ground

D

Defense

B

Counter

D

Reaction

proxy

C+

Agility

proxy

B

TD react

C+

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • Striking defense

    Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • Fight IQ

    Knows the assignment. Game plans hold up for 15 minutes; the adjustments are incremental, not chaotic.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • Counter punching

    This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

Scouting report

Shanelle Dyer “The Nightmare” is a 25-year-old Orthodox women's strawweight out of England, camped at Great Britain Top Team. The tape read: volume pressure striker. Career mark 7-1-0 — 2 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission, 5 by decision. Fight IQ grades B (73).

What works. Durability is the standout at 90 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.70 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 53% / 1.90 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility B (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C+ on 82% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 6 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (17, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

Recent tape (6 bouts): W 5159959 (KO/TKO R2) · L 5278269 (Decision - Unanimous R3) · W 5127823 (Decision - Split R3) · W 5210196 (KO/TKO R1) · W 3107734 (KO/TKO R3). Form index positive over the last 5. 3 of those wins reached the championship minutes — cardio and late IQ are real.

Ground game

17 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.70 takedowns / 15 at 8% accuracy
  • 0.00 submission attempts / 15 · 0 career sub wins

Striking defense

73 B

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 53% striking defense · 1.90 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 1 defeats

Counter punching

33 D

This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

  • 47% accuracy on 7.71 SLpM
  • 0.35 knockdowns / 15 · 2 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

66 C+

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 53% · TD def 82% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 1.90 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

71 B

Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.

  • 7.71 SLpM at 47% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 1.90 SApM

Takedown reaction

68 C+

Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

  • 82% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 0 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

90 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 1 losses
  • 5 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
Mar 21, 2026Fighter 5159959WKO/TKO2 1:1749/78
Sep 10, 2025Fighter 5278269LDecision - Unanimous3 5:00115/274
Sep 28, 2024Fighter 5127823WDecision - Split3 5:000/0
Jun 8, 2024Fighter 5210196WKO/TKO1 3:530/0
Dec 15, 2023Fighter 3107734WKO/TKO3 1:080/0
Sep 30, 2023Fighter 5173771WDecision - Unanimous3 5:000/0