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Chris Gruetzemacher vs.
Alexander Hernandez

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

3-4-0 Chris Gruetzemacher · UFC
10-8-0 Alexander Hernandez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
10-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40.1
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
33.8
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56
Layoff (months)Δ 52.6 mo
3.4
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Alexander Hernandez carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Chris Gruetzemacher rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Chris Gruetzemacher outworks the Lightweight division — 6.18 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 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.

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

Alexander Hernandez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 108
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4516.18/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
7894.23/min · norm 3.42
3624.96/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
8314.45/min · norm 3.37
57.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
40.4%norm 43.5%
52.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.48/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chris Gruetzemacher

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

Alexander Hernandez

Distance 91.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chris Gruetzemacher

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

Alexander Hernandez

Head 72.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gruetzemacher L/AAccLightweight med Hernandez L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 607 50.9% 37.9% 670 / 1779 37.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 113 / 144 78.5% 67.3% 61 / 91 67.0% 67.3%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 69.1% 58 / 81 71.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 539 43.2% 35.0% 438 / 1408 31.1% 35.0%
To the body 129 / 154 83.8% 69.1% 245 / 392 62.5% 69.1%
To the legs 89 / 97 91.8% 81.9% 106 / 151 70.2% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Gruetzemacher L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Hernandez L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 627 43.9% 38.9% 712 / 1894 37.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 59 / 99 59.6% 68.6% 86 / 124 69.4% 68.6%
On the ground 28 / 42 66.7% 68.0% 33 / 45 73.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 269 / 646 41.6% 35.1% 495 / 1578 31.4% 35.1%
To the body 67 / 92 72.8% 68.1% 197 / 314 62.7% 68.1%
To the legs 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5% 139 / 171 81.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1335.1% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.38
2965.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3368.8% def · norm 64.0%
5:147.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
24:0812.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
24:114:58 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
17:121:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.49

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

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