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Chris Price vs.
Kendall Grove

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

0-2-0 Chris Price · UFC
7-6-0 Kendall Grove · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
7-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 0 yrs
43
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
6'6"
Reach
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
234.3
Layoff (months)Δ 52 mo
182.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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 Price is a submission threat — 2.16 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Kendall Grove is a submission threat — 2.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Chris Price rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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 Price

Full career not yet synced for Chris Price — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Kendall Grove

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

101.44/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2632.14/min · norm 3.25
182.59/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2682.18/min · norm 3.20
66.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.9%norm 47.4%
48.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.24/15 · norm 0.32

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

Chris Price

Distance 40.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 46.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 10.3%)

Kendall Grove

Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 28.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Chris Price

Head 53.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 46.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Kendall Grove

Head 79.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Price L/AAccMiddleweight med Grove L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 6 too few to rate 40.5% 85 / 344 24.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 7 / 7 too few to rate 70.3% 129 / 167 77.2% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 49 / 75 65.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 3 / 8 too few to rate 38.9% 163 / 464 35.1% 38.9%
To the body 7 / 7 too few to rate 71.7% 72 / 82 87.8% 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3% 28 / 40 70.0% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Price L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Grove L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 5 too few to rate 39.5% 82 / 221 37.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.9% 46 / 64 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 15 / 28 53.6% 69.0% 140 / 227 61.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 34 50.0% 37.9% 160 / 386 41.5% 37.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 71.3% 72 / 84 85.7% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 36 / 42 85.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
562.5% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.42
133.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
5159.3% def · norm 63.1%
0:399.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
18:2214.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
5:2711:45 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
67:198:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
12.16/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
172.07/15 · norm 0.47

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

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