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Bart Palaszewski vs. Tyson Griffin

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 8-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
8-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
162.2
Layoff (months)Δ 17.5 mo
179.7
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bart Palaszewski is a submission threat — 1.21 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Bart Palaszewski rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Tyson Griffin is a submission threat — 0.91 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bart Palaszewski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3514

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.5 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 28 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Tyson Griffin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

982.64/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6123.73/min · norm 3.44
1393.74/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3862.35/min · norm 3.38
30.2%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
42.1%norm 43.65%
55.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
65.0%norm 56.3%
10.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.18/15 · norm 0.25

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

Bart Palaszewski

Distance 97.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 6.5%)

Tyson Griffin

Distance 84.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Bart Palaszewski

Head 75.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 6.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 7.9%)

Tyson Griffin

Head 74.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Palaszewski L/AAccFeatherweight med Griffin L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 92 / 317 29.0% 40.5% 455 / 1225 37.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.5% 83 / 110 75.5% 67.5%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.3% 74 / 120 61.7% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 49 / 244 20.1% 37.1% 319 / 1082 29.5% 35.1%
To the body 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.0% 134 / 180 74.4% 69.1%
To the legs 37 / 59 62.7% 80.3% 159 / 193 82.4% 81.8%

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: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Palaszewski L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Griffin L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 83 / 229 36.2% 39.3% 257 / 920 27.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.3% 78 / 111 70.3% 68.6%
On the ground 51 / 76 67.1% 69.4% 51 / 72 70.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 243 35.4% 35.9% 260 / 956 27.2% 35.2%
To the body 23 / 37 62.2% 68.0% 82 / 93 88.2% 68.2%
To the legs 30 / 32 93.8% 81.5% 44 / 54 81.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
2045.5% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.34
650.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5059.5% def · norm 63.7%
0:271.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
35:1521.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
14:576:02 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
38:163:29 per 15 · norm 2:50
31.21/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.91/15 · norm 0.48

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