Brian Johnston vs.
Dan Bobish
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 Johnston
Full career not yet synced for Brian Johnston — 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 +1.5 wins over .500
Dan Bobish
Full career not yet synced for Dan Bobish — 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 -0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Brian Johnston
Distance 39.6% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 39.6% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 20.8% (norm 28.7%)
Dan Bobish
Distance 40.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 27.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 31.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Brian Johnston
Head 73.6% (norm 81.2%) · Body 13.2% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 5.2%)
Dan Bobish
Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Johnston L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Bobish L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 27.8% | 2 / 9 | too few to rate | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 63.8% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 65.8% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 18 / 39 | 46.2% | 39.3% | 9 / 22 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 90.5% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 87.8% |
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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Johnston L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Bobish L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 4 / 14 | too few to rate | 37.0% | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 66.7% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 42 / 63 | 66.7% | 67.1% | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 45 / 81 | 55.6% | 47.0% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 38.8% |
| To the body | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 87.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 61.2% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Johnston has more cage time on record.