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Chris Lytle vs.
Kyle Bradley

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

10-10-0 Chris Lytle · UFC
1-3-0 Kyle Bradley · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-10-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
52
AgeΔ 8 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
179.7
Layoff (months)Δ 19.1 mo
198.8
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Chris Lytle is a submission threat — 2.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Kyle Bradley rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Chris Lytle rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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 Lytle

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

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Kyle Bradley

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

In the UFC: 0-1 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

8183.79/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
461.99/min · norm 3.42
6873.18/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
803.45/min · norm 3.37
44.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 43.5%
58.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.8%norm 56.3%
20.14/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chris Lytle

Distance 84.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 8.1%)

Kyle Bradley

Distance 88.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chris Lytle

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Kyle Bradley

Head 71.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lytle L/AAccWelterweight med Bradley L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1574 39.9% 38.6% 36 / 102 35.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 164 / 242 67.8% 67.8% 7 / 8 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 26 / 41 63.4% 67.2% 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 504 / 1451 34.7% 37.2% 18 / 82 22.0% 35.0%
To the body 246 / 321 76.6% 70.7% 19 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 68 / 85 80.0% 82.9% 9 / 10 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Lytle L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Bradley L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 450 / 1239 36.3% 39.0% 29 / 110 26.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 123 / 196 62.8% 68.9% 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 114 / 202 56.4% 68.0% 39 / 71 54.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 407 / 1280 31.8% 35.6% 71 / 176 40.3% 35.1%
To the body 170 / 226 75.2% 69.6% 3 / 4 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 110 / 131 84.0% 82.1% 6 / 14 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

950.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.38
3254.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 64.0%
28:4213.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:352.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
74:265:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
8:585:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
312.15/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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