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Chris Gutierrez vs.
Ryan MacDonald

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

10-4-1 Chris Gutierrez · UFC
0-2-0 Ryan MacDonald · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-4-1
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
67"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
10.1
Layoff (months)Δ 72.6 mo
82.7
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Ryan MacDonald rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Ryan MacDonald absorbs 6.49 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Chris Gutierrez rarely shoots — 0.30 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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 Gutierrez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Ryan MacDonald

Full career not yet synced for Ryan MacDonald — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8954.40/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
452.28/min · norm 3.52
5392.65/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1286.49/min · norm 3.58
57.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
29.0%norm 43.4%
63.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 56.6%
60.44/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Chris Gutierrez

Distance 95.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

Ryan MacDonald

Distance 98.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chris Gutierrez

Head 51.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 37.7% (norm 8.4%)

Ryan MacDonald

Head 78.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gutierrez L/AAccBantamweight med MacDonald L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 852 / 1491 57.1% 39.0% 45 / 153 29.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 17 / 27 63.0% 68.7% 0 / 2 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 26 / 37 70.3% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 339 / 802 42.3% 34.9% 24 / 121 19.8% 34.9%
To the body 101 / 166 60.8% 66.8% 7 / 17 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 455 / 587 77.5% 79.4% 14 / 17 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Gutierrez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs MacDonald L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 453 / 1341 33.8% 39.3% 126 / 231 54.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.4% 2 / 5 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 73 / 112 65.2% 72.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 266 / 1029 25.9% 34.9% 42 / 112 37.5% 34.9%
To the body 116 / 212 54.7% 66.0% 52 / 81 64.2% 66.0%
To the legs 157 / 232 67.7% 79.1% 34 / 43 79.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

430.8% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
3867.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 66.7%
8:594.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
0:524.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
46:063:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
0:170:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.07/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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