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Da'Mon Blackshear vs.
Davey Grant

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

5-4-1 Da'Mon Blackshear · UFC
9-7-0 Davey Grant · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-4-1
UFC record
9-7-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 8.6 yrs
40.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
12.4
Layoff (months)Δ 9 mo
3.4
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Da'Mon Blackshear is a submission threat — 1.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Davey Grant outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.58 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Da'Mon Blackshear owns the mat — in control 23% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Da'Mon Blackshear

Full career not yet synced for Da'Mon Blackshear — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Davey Grant

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4394.33/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10635.58/min · norm 3.52
4254.19/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
7694.04/min · norm 3.58
45.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.4%
52.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
40.32/15 · norm 0.30

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

Da'Mon Blackshear

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

Davey Grant

Distance 92.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Da'Mon Blackshear

Head 71.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)

Davey Grant

Head 63.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 22.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Blackshear L/AAccBantamweight med Grant L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 343 / 836 41.0% 39.0% 951 / 2169 43.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 63 / 77 81.8% 68.7% 63 / 98 64.3% 68.7%
On the ground 33 / 43 76.7% 70.2% 49 / 70 70.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 243 / 679 35.8% 34.9% 429 / 1476 29.1% 34.9%
To the body 102 / 150 68.0% 66.8% 347 / 527 65.8% 66.8%
To the legs 94 / 127 74.0% 79.4% 287 / 334 85.9% 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 Blackshear L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Grant L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 337 / 770 43.8% 39.3% 660 / 1534 43.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 52 / 67 77.6% 70.4% 54 / 74 73.0% 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 52 69.2% 72.4% 55 / 94 58.5% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 230 / 636 36.2% 34.9% 457 / 1272 35.9% 34.9%
To the body 122 / 172 70.9% 66.0% 183 / 281 65.1% 66.0%
To the legs 73 / 81 90.1% 79.1% 129 / 149 86.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1033.3% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1238.7% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.12
2071.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3065.2% def · norm 66.7%
23:2323.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
22:5412.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
18:112:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
27:572:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
101.48/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.16/15 · norm 0.28

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

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