Brad Katona vs. Jay Cucciniello
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Brad Katona
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500
Jay Cucciniello
Full career not yet synced for Jay Cucciniello — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Brad Katona
Distance 80.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 6.4%)
Jay Cucciniello
Distance 93.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Brad Katona
Head 79.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 8.4%)
Jay Cucciniello
Head 85.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Katona L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Cucciniello L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 425 / 889 | 47.8% | 39.2% | 13 / 60 | 21.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 86 / 121 | 71.1% | 69.0% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 71 / 99 | 71.7% | 70.2% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 414 / 886 | 46.7% | 35.3% | 8 / 55 | 14.5% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 74 / 116 | 63.8% | 66.9% | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 94 / 107 | 87.9% | 79.2% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 80.3% |
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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Katona L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Cucciniello L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 489 / 1046 | 46.7% | 39.4% | 50 / 81 | 61.7% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 54 / 68 | 79.4% | 70.6% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 32 / 42 | 76.2% | 72.1% | 21 / 30 | 70.0% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 406 / 926 | 43.8% | 34.9% | 42 / 74 | 56.8% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 98 / 148 | 66.2% | 66.1% | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 71 / 82 | 86.6% | 78.8% | 21 / 24 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Katona has more cage time on record.