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Abdul Razak Alhassan vs.
Cody Brundage

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-7-0 (1 NC) Abdul Razak Alhassan · UFC
6-8-1 (1 NC) Cody Brundage · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-8-1 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41
AgeΔ 8.8 yrs
32.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
18.8
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
2.7
LNCLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLD
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Abdul Razak Alhassan carries real power — 1.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Cody Brundage carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Abdul Razak Alhassan rarely shoots — 0.85 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Cody Brundage

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3153.58/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2942.39/min · norm 3.25
3534.01/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3542.88/min · norm 3.20
49.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 47.4%
54.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.8%norm 53.8%
91.53/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.49/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Distance 77.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.3%)

Cody Brundage

Distance 77.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.1% (norm 10.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Head 84.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)

Cody Brundage

Head 84.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Alhassan L/AAccMiddleweight med Brundage L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 487 44.4% 40.5% 197 / 457 43.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 74 70.3% 70.3% 28 / 44 63.6% 70.3%
On the ground 47 / 71 66.2% 69.1% 69 / 89 77.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 533 46.3% 38.9% 227 / 501 45.3% 38.9%
To the body 36 / 46 78.3% 71.7% 25 / 39 64.1% 71.7%
To the legs 32 / 53 60.4% 83.3% 42 / 50 84.0% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Alhassan L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Brundage L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 267 / 661 40.4% 39.5% 162 / 428 37.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 55 / 78 70.5% 70.9% 55 / 87 63.2% 70.9%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 69.0% 137 / 219 62.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 206 / 601 34.3% 37.9% 278 / 616 45.1% 37.9%
To the body 92 / 124 74.2% 71.3% 39 / 74 52.7% 71.3%
To the legs 55 / 58 94.8% 82.1% 37 / 44 84.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

533.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1442.4% acc · 1.71/15 · norm 1.42
2850.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2266.7% def · norm 63.1%
12:5114.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
22:0718.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
27:024:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
50:446:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.17/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.49/15 · norm 0.47

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Brundage has more cage time on record.

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