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Adrian Yanez vs.
Davey Grant

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

7-3-1 Adrian Yanez · UFC
9-7-0 Davey Grant · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-3-1
UFC record
9-7-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 8 yrs
40
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.9
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
3.4
WDLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Adrian Yanez carries real power — 1.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Adrian Yanez rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Davey Grant outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.58 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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.

Adrian Yanez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Davey Grant

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5045.92/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10635.58/min · norm 3.52
4455.23/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
7694.04/min · norm 3.58
41.8%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.4%
56.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.6%
81.41/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
40.32/15 · norm 0.30

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

Adrian Yanez

Distance 93.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Davey Grant

Distance 92.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Adrian Yanez

Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Davey Grant

Head 63.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 22.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yanez L/AAccBantamweight med Grant L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 459 / 1130 40.6% 39.0% 951 / 2169 43.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 9 / 18 too few to rate 68.7% 63 / 98 64.3% 68.7%
On the ground 36 / 59 61.0% 70.2% 49 / 70 70.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 1028 36.3% 34.9% 429 / 1476 29.1% 34.9%
To the body 64 / 105 61.0% 66.8% 347 / 527 65.8% 66.8%
To the legs 67 / 74 90.5% 79.4% 287 / 334 85.9% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Yanez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Grant L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 427 / 997 42.8% 39.3% 660 / 1534 43.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.4% 54 / 74 73.0% 70.4%
On the ground 11 / 14 too few to rate 72.4% 55 / 94 58.5% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 771 36.1% 34.9% 457 / 1272 35.9% 34.9%
To the body 83 / 143 58.0% 66.0% 183 / 281 65.1% 66.0%
To the legs 84 / 110 76.4% 79.1% 129 / 149 86.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1238.7% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.12
1275.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3065.2% def · norm 66.7%
2:042.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
22:5412.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
6:581:13 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
27:572:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.16/15 · norm 0.28

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

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