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Bill Algeo vs.
TJ Brown

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

5-5-0 Bill Algeo · UFC
3-5-0 TJ Brown · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-5-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37.2
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Switch
Stance
Switch
24.5
Layoff (months)Δ 9.2 mo
33.7
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

TJ Brown is a submission threat — 1.33 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
TJ Brown hunts takedowns — 3.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Bill Algeo outworks the Featherweight division — 5.37 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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.

Bill Algeo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

TJ Brown

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6245.37/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3423.37/min · norm 3.54
4633.99/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3143.10/min · norm 3.47
51.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 45.0%
49.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 54.85%
20.26/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Bill Algeo

Distance 87.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 6.5%)

TJ Brown

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Bill Algeo

Head 68.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 7.8%)

TJ Brown

Head 83.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Algeo L/AAccFeatherweight med Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 498 / 1062 46.9% 40.9% 270 / 687 39.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 63 / 83 75.9% 70.8% 42 / 52 80.8% 70.8%
On the ground 63 / 73 86.3% 69.2% 30 / 35 85.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 351 / 836 42.0% 37.2% 246 / 643 38.3% 37.2%
To the body 151 / 230 65.7% 68.2% 69 / 95 72.6% 68.2%
To the legs 122 / 152 80.3% 80.7% 27 / 36 75.0% 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 Algeo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 797 47.4% 39.2% 246 / 535 46.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 47 / 64 73.4% 70.3% 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 38 / 49 77.6% 69.4% 49 / 63 77.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 280 / 662 42.3% 35.9% 200 / 480 41.7% 35.9%
To the body 116 / 162 71.6% 67.9% 45 / 62 72.6% 67.9%
To the legs 67 / 86 77.9% 81.5% 69 / 77 89.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

956.3% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2155.3% acc · 3.11/15 · norm 1.19
2853.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
832.0% def · norm 61.5%
21:4918.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
31:3431.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
27:163:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
30:284:30 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.13/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
91.33/15 · norm 0.46

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

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