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Brett Johns vs.
Tony Gravely

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

5-2-0 Brett Johns · UFC
4-4-0 Tony Gravely · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-2-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34
AgeΔ 0 yrs
34
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
72.6
Layoff (months)Δ 31.7 mo
40.9
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Tony Gravely hunts takedowns — 5.64 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Brett Johns hunts takedowns — 4.92 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Brett Johns is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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.

Brett Johns

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Tony Gravely

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2532.86/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3093.52/min · norm 3.52
3393.84/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4324.93/min · norm 3.58
49.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
46.2%norm 43.4%
53.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
42.7%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
40.68/15 · norm 0.30

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

Brett Johns

Distance 72.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 20.5% (norm 6.5%)

Tony Gravely

Distance 70.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Brett Johns

Head 91.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 8.4%)

Tony Gravely

Head 77.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johns L/AAccBantamweight med Gravely L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 136 / 372 36.6% 39.0% 182 / 472 38.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 38 84.2% 68.7% 60 / 83 72.3% 68.7%
On the ground 85 / 106 80.2% 70.2% 67 / 114 58.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 222 / 470 47.2% 34.9% 196 / 516 38.0% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 35 65.7% 66.8% 49 / 75 65.3% 66.8%
To the legs 8 / 11 too few to rate 79.4% 64 / 78 82.1% 79.4%

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: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Johns L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Gravely L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 217 / 551 39.4% 39.3% 304 / 602 50.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 79 / 107 73.8% 70.4% 77 / 95 81.1% 70.4%
On the ground 43 / 70 61.4% 72.4% 51 / 57 89.5% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 540 37.0% 34.9% 294 / 592 49.7% 34.9%
To the body 78 / 114 68.4% 66.0% 111 / 134 82.8% 66.0%
To the legs 61 / 74 82.4% 79.1% 27 / 28 96.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2949.2% acc · 4.92/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
3340.7% acc · 5.64/15 · norm 1.12
1458.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1050.0% def · norm 66.7%
45:0451.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
37:4143.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
12:512:10 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
12:502:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
61.02/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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