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Chas Skelly vs. Chris Gruetzemacher

UFC 8-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41
AgeΔ 1 yrs
40
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
58.5
WWNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chas Skelly is a submission threat — 2.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Chas Skelly owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Chris Gruetzemacher rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chas Skelly

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 113
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

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

Chris Gruetzemacher

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2262.01/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4516.18/min · norm 3.44
3603.21/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3624.96/min · norm 3.38
40.7%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
57.1%norm 43.65%
49.0%norm 54.8%
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 85.9%) · Clinch 12.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 6.5%)

Chris Gruetzemacher

Distance 76.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chas Skelly

Head 90.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.9%)

Chris Gruetzemacher

Head 68.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.0%)

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% 40.5% 309 / 607 50.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 54 / 71 76.1% 70.5% 113 / 144 78.5% 67.5%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 69.3% 29 / 39 74.4% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 195 / 502 38.8% 37.1% 233 / 539 43.2% 35.1%
To the body 25 / 47 53.2% 68.0% 129 / 154 83.8% 69.1%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.3% 89 / 97 91.8% 81.8%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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% 39.3% 275 / 627 43.9% 38.8%
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% 35.2%
To the body 48 / 71 67.6% 68.0% 67 / 92 72.8% 68.2%
To the legs 39 / 44 88.6% 81.5% 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1334.2% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 1.34
939.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 63.7%
43:3238.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
5:147.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
28:353:49 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
24:114:58 per 15 · norm 2:50
172.27/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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