Nathaniel Wood (born 5 August 1993) is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

[6] He attended college for carpentry for a spell, but dropped out in order to pursue a career in mixed martial arts.

[6] Wood made his professional debut against James Humphries at Fusion Fighting Championship: Breakthrough on 18 February 2012.

They were originally scheduled to meet at CWFC 80, before the fight was postponed due to an anomaly found on Wood's brain in a pre-fight scan.

[8] Wood staggered Lee near the beginning of the second round, and pursued him for the remainder of the fight, knocking him out with a right straight at the 4:22 minute mark.

[9] Following his dominant victory against Lee, Wood was scheduled to fight Marko Kovacevic for the vacant Cage Warriors Bantamweight Championship at CWFC 84 on 2 June 2017.

[10] Wood won the fight by a first-round technical knockout, after weathering some early counter right hands by Kovacic.

[12] Reed dominated the champion for the duration of the short-lived bout, surging forward with power shots and managing to drop Wood with a combination of punches.

[16] Wood made his promotional debut against Johnny Eduardo on 1 June 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes.

[35] However due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sholinian was unable to leave the country or train so he was replaced by Vince Morales.

[50] Wood is scheduled to face former Cage Warriors Featherweight Champion Morgan Charrière on 22 March 2025 at UFC Fight Night 255.