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CB Dollaway vs.
Jesse Taylor

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

11-9-0 CB Dollaway · UFC
1-1-0 Jesse Taylor · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-9-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
43.6
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
94.6
Layoff (months)Δ 14.3 mo
108.9
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WL
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.

Jesse Taylor is a submission threat — 3.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jesse Taylor owns the mat — in control 81% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
CB Dollaway is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight 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.

CB Dollaway

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

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Jesse Taylor

Full career not yet synced for Jesse Taylor — 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 -1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4362.65/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
252.58/min · norm 3.17
4252.58/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
80.83/min · norm 3.06
47.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
67.6%norm 44.9%
54.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
27.3%norm 55.25%
30.27/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

CB Dollaway

Distance 66.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 23.9% (norm 10.3%)

Jesse Taylor

Distance 8.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 81.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

CB Dollaway

Head 78.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.4%)

Jesse Taylor

Head 94.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 2.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dollaway L/AAccMiddleweight med Taylor L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 613 40.5% 40.5% 1 / 3 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 59 / 86 68.6% 70.3% 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 129 / 219 58.9% 69.1% 21 / 30 70.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 288 / 718 40.1% 38.9% 23 / 35 65.7% 37.2%
To the body 92 / 135 68.1% 71.7% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 56 / 65 86.2% 83.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.9%

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: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Dollaway L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Taylor L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 723 41.2% 39.5% 1 / 3 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 47 57.4% 70.9% 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 100 / 163 61.3% 69.0% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 288 / 748 38.5% 37.9% 6 / 9 too few to rate 35.6%
To the body 80 / 116 69.0% 71.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 57 / 69 82.6% 82.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3954.9% acc · 3.55/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 4.65/15 · norm 1.27
1562.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 63.9%
63:1638.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:4880.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
25:492:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
1:171:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
131.18/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
23.10/15 · norm 0.45

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

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