Cody Durden vs.
JP Buys
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Cody Durden
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 2 |
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
Full career not yet synced for JP Buys — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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 5.7%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Cody Durden
Head 84.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.3%)
JP Buys
Head 66.9% (norm 77.4%) · 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/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Buys L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 473 / 1130 | 41.9% | 40.0% | 30 / 113 | 26.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 21 / 28 | 75.0% | 70.4% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| 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% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 69 / 95 | 72.6% | 68.5% | 10 / 24 | too few to rate | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 78 / 96 | 81.2% | 80.0% | 9 / 16 | 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Durden L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Buys L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 546 / 1193 | 45.8% | 40.1% | 52 / 85 | 61.2% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 54 / 74 | 73.0% | 68.8% | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 58 / 76 | 76.3% | 71.1% | 32 / 51 | 62.7% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 424 / 1001 | 42.4% | 35.2% | 74 / 126 | 58.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 120 / 196 | 61.2% | 68.2% | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 114 / 146 | 78.1% | 80.3% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Durden has more cage time on record.