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Brian Bowles vs.
Damacio Page

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

2-2-0 Brian Bowles · UFC
0-3-0 Damacio Page · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
158.4
Layoff (months)Δ 10.4 mo
168.8
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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.

Brian Bowles is a submission threat — 0.95 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Damacio Page is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Damacio Page hunts takedowns — 2.36 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 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.

Brian Bowles

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Damacio Page

Full career not yet synced for Damacio Page — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

852.68/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
472.47/min · norm 3.52
1113.51/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
643.36/min · norm 3.58
29.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
36.7%norm 43.4%
62.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.3%norm 56.6%
10.47/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Brian Bowles

Distance 89.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 6.5%)

Damacio Page

Distance 76.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 15.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Brian Bowles

Head 87.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.3% (norm 8.4%)

Damacio Page

Head 77.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bowles L/AAccBantamweight med Page L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 257 25.7% 39.0% 34 / 98 34.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.7% 6 / 10 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 6 / 15 too few to rate 70.2% 7 / 20 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 252 23.0% 34.9% 29 / 99 29.3% 34.9%
To the body 26 / 34 76.5% 66.8% 9 / 18 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 79.4% 9 / 11 too few to rate 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 Bowles L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Page L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 250 31.2% 39.3% 34 / 84 40.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 5 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 28 / 37 75.7% 72.4% 28 / 52 53.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 81 / 248 32.7% 34.9% 55 / 128 43.0% 34.9%
To the body 14 / 24 too few to rate 66.0% 7 / 10 too few to rate 66.0%
To the legs 16 / 27 59.3% 79.1% 2 / 2 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2100.0% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.12
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
116.7% def · norm 66.7%
7:0422.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
6:4935.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
3:341:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
5:594:42 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.95/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.79/15 · norm 0.28

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

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