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Cody Durden vs. JP Buys

UFC 7-9-1 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-9-1
UFC record
0-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.3
Layoff (months)Δ 35 mo
38.3
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
JP Buys is a submission threat — 2.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Cody Durden hunts takedowns — 3.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Cody Durden owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Cody Durden

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 79
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

JP Buys

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 15
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5523.27/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
361.36/min · norm 3.52
6583.89/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
923.49/min · norm 3.58
44.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
29.8%norm 43.5%
51.0%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
37.4%norm 56.6%
10.09/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Cody Durden

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 7.3%)

JP Buys

Distance 93.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.4%)

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

Cody Durden

Head 84.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.3%)

JP Buys

Head 66.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Durden L/AAccFlyweight med Buys L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 473 / 1130 41.9% 39.9% 30 / 113 26.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 21 / 28 75.0% 70.1% 5 / 7 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 58 / 84 69.0% 69.7% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 405 / 1051 38.5% 37.6% 17 / 81 21.0% 35.3%
To the body 69 / 95 72.6% 68.5% 10 / 24 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 78 / 96 81.2% 80.0% 9 / 16 too few to rate 79.2%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Durden L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Buys L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1193 45.8% 39.9% 52 / 85 61.2% 39.4%
In the clinch 54 / 74 73.0% 68.8% 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 58 / 76 76.3% 70.4% 32 / 51 62.7% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 424 / 1001 42.4% 35.4% 74 / 126 58.7% 34.9%
To the body 120 / 196 61.2% 67.9% 13 / 15 too few to rate 66.1%
To the legs 114 / 146 78.1% 80.2% 5 / 6 too few to rate 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4348.3% acc · 3.82/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
19.1% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.12
1356.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 65.7%
61:4336.5% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
2:229.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
23:162:03 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
14:258:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
70.62/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
42.27/15 · norm 0.28

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