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Chas Skelly vs.
Chris Gruetzemacher

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

8-3-0 (1 NC) Chas Skelly · UFC
3-4-0 Chris Gruetzemacher · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41.2
AgeΔ 1.1 yrs
40.1
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
53.5
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
56
WWNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.

Chas Skelly is a submission threat — 2.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Chas Skelly owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Chris Gruetzemacher rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Chas Skelly

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Chris Gruetzemacher

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

In the UFC: 1-3 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

2262.01/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4516.18/min · norm 3.42
3603.21/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3624.96/min · norm 3.37
40.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
57.1%norm 43.5%
49.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 56.3%
20.27/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chas Skelly

Distance 81.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 6.5%)

Chris Gruetzemacher

Distance 76.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chas Skelly

Head 90.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.8%)

Chris Gruetzemacher

Head 68.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Skelly L/AAccFeatherweight med Gruetzemacher L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 450 32.4% 40.9% 309 / 607 50.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 54 / 71 76.1% 70.8% 113 / 144 78.5% 67.3%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 69.2% 29 / 39 74.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 195 / 502 38.8% 37.2% 233 / 539 43.2% 35.0%
To the body 25 / 47 53.2% 68.2% 129 / 154 83.8% 69.1%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.7% 89 / 97 91.8% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Skelly L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Gruetzemacher L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 188 / 483 38.9% 39.2% 275 / 627 43.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 56 / 74 75.7% 70.3% 59 / 99 59.6% 68.6%
On the ground 116 / 149 77.9% 69.4% 28 / 42 66.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 273 / 591 46.2% 35.9% 269 / 646 41.6% 35.1%
To the body 48 / 71 67.6% 67.9% 67 / 92 72.8% 68.1%
To the legs 39 / 44 88.6% 81.5% 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1334.2% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 1.38
939.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 64.0%
43:3238.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:147.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
28:353:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
24:114:58 per 15 · norm 2:46
172.27/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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