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Brandon Davis vs. Randy Costa

UFC 2-7-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-7-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36
AgeΔ 4 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
48.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.4 mo
48.6
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Randy Costa carries real power — 1.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Randy Costa absorbs 7.58 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Brandon Davis rarely shoots — 0.84 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brandon Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.28 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Randy Costa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4374.08/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1746.53/min · norm 3.52
4594.29/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2027.58/min · norm 3.58
38.5%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 43.5%
58.2%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
31.69/15 · norm 0.29

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

Brandon Davis

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

Randy Costa

Distance 93.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.4%)

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

Brandon Davis

Head 76.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.9%)

Randy Costa

Head 89.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Davis L/AAccFeatherweight med Costa L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 389 / 1068 36.4% 40.5% 155 / 351 44.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.5% 14 / 16 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 20 / 32 62.5% 69.3% 5 / 9 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 870 28.4% 37.1% 143 / 337 42.4% 35.3%
To the body 73 / 116 62.9% 68.0% 27 / 35 77.1% 66.9%
To the legs 117 / 149 78.5% 80.3% 4 / 4 too few to rate 79.2%

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 · Bantamweight: 121 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 Davis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Costa L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 374 / 968 38.6% 39.3% 135 / 386 35.0% 39.4%
In the clinch 28 / 52 53.8% 70.3% 38 / 49 77.6% 70.6%
On the ground 57 / 78 73.1% 69.4% 29 / 46 63.0% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 335 / 915 36.6% 35.9% 93 / 328 28.4% 34.9%
To the body 68 / 111 61.3% 68.0% 65 / 104 62.5% 66.1%
To the legs 56 / 72 77.8% 81.5% 44 / 49 89.8% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
642.9% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
3457.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 65.7%
7:537.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:1612.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
25:523:37 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
5:383:10 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.14/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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