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Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez

UFC 16-4-0 vs. 9-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-4-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
30
AgeΔ 3 yrs
33
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
1.9
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Anthony Hernandez hunts takedowns — 5.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Anthony Hernandez is a submission threat — 1.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Brendan Allen is a submission threat — 1.04 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brendan Allen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Anthony Hernandez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.58 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8853.60/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
7104.38/min · norm 3.23
9413.83/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5993.70/min · norm 3.20
52.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
60.1%norm 47.4%
47.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.9%norm 53.8%
30.18/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Brendan Allen

Distance 82.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 10.0%)

Anthony Hernandez

Distance 65.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 24.1% (norm 10.0%)

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

Brendan Allen

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Anthony Hernandez

Head 88.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Allen L/AAccMiddleweight med Hernandez L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 682 / 1411 48.3% 40.5% 371 / 768 48.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 68 / 102 66.7% 70.6% 92 / 128 71.9% 70.6%
On the ground 135 / 189 71.4% 69.4% 247 / 285 86.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 583 / 1345 43.3% 38.8% 587 / 1046 56.1% 38.8%
To the body 184 / 231 79.7% 71.6% 77 / 86 89.5% 71.6%
To the legs 118 / 126 93.7% 83.3% 46 / 49 93.9% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Allen L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hernandez L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 805 / 1614 49.9% 39.5% 477 / 981 48.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 58 / 81 71.6% 70.4% 94 / 130 72.3% 70.4%
On the ground 78 / 106 73.6% 69.0% 28 / 38 73.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 746 / 1547 48.2% 37.9% 422 / 933 45.2% 37.9%
To the body 132 / 175 75.4% 71.3% 123 / 158 77.8% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 79 79.7% 82.1% 54 / 58 93.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2641.3% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
5740.4% acc · 5.28/15 · norm 1.35
2455.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1568.2% def · norm 63.3%
74:5130.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
82:2550.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
54:463:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
18:201:41 per 15 · norm 3:00
171.04/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
151.39/15 · norm 0.45

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