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Austin Arnett vs.
Humberto Bandenay

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

1-3-0 Austin Arnett · UFC
1-3-0 Humberto Bandenay · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.8
AgeΔ 2.9 yrs
31.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
89.8
Layoff (months)Δ 5.9 mo
83.9
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Humberto Bandenay hunts takedowns — 2.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Humberto Bandenay carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Austin Arnett absorbs 5.67 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Austin Arnett

Full career not yet synced for Austin Arnett — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Humberto Bandenay

Full career not yet synced for Humberto Bandenay — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2063.83/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
692.22/min · norm 3.54
3055.67/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1494.79/min · norm 3.47
42.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 45.0%
57.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
41.1%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.48/15 · norm 0.29

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

Austin Arnett

Distance 89.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

Humberto Bandenay

Distance 89.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Austin Arnett

Head 88.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.8%)

Humberto Bandenay

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Arnett L/AAccFeatherweight med Bandenay L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 169 / 431 39.2% 40.9% 55 / 148 37.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 19 / 30 63.3% 70.8% 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 18 / 22 too few to rate 69.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 166 / 425 39.1% 37.2% 39 / 127 30.7% 37.2%
To the body 37 / 54 68.5% 68.2% 20 / 25 80.0% 68.2%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 80.7% 10 / 13 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Arnett L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bandenay L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 258 / 632 40.8% 39.2% 94 / 180 52.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 32 / 54 59.3% 70.3% 24 / 32 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 69.4% 31 / 41 75.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 156 / 508 30.7% 35.9% 96 / 175 54.9% 35.9%
To the body 73 / 111 65.8% 67.9% 43 / 64 67.2% 67.9%
To the legs 76 / 91 83.5% 81.5% 10 / 14 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

218.2% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 2.90/15 · norm 1.19
457.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 61.5%
7:0613.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
3:5012.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
3:130:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:314:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.48/15 · norm 0.46

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

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