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Danny Castillo vs.
Charlie Brenneman

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

7-7-0 Danny Castillo · UFC
4-7-0 Charlie Brenneman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46.9
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
45.5
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
127.5
Layoff (months)Δ 13.4 mo
140.9
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Charlie Brenneman owns the mat — in control 62% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Charlie Brenneman hunts takedowns — 4.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Danny Castillo hunts takedowns — 2.68 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Danny Castillo

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

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Charlie Brenneman

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

In the UFC: 1-4 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

4712.72/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1291.52/min · norm 3.17
3692.13/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1321.55/min · norm 3.06
43.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
56.6%norm 44.9%
61.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 55.25%
20.17/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Danny Castillo

Distance 72.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 19.6% (norm 8.0%)

Charlie Brenneman

Distance 44.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 39.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Danny Castillo

Head 82.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 7.9%)

Charlie Brenneman

Head 62.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 25.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Castillo L/AAccLightweight med Brenneman L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 267 / 788 33.9% 37.9% 31 / 101 30.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 72 / 84 85.7% 67.3% 18 / 37 48.6% 67.8%
On the ground 132 / 213 62.0% 69.1% 80 / 90 88.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 312 / 894 34.9% 35.0% 51 / 142 35.9% 37.2%
To the body 70 / 93 75.3% 69.1% 52 / 58 89.7% 70.7%
To the legs 89 / 98 90.8% 81.9% 26 / 28 92.9% 82.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Castillo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Brenneman L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 866 35.3% 38.9% 61 / 155 39.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 55 58.2% 68.6% 27 / 41 65.9% 68.9%
On the ground 31 / 38 81.6% 68.0% 44 / 53 83.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 185 / 716 25.8% 35.1% 77 / 175 44.0% 35.6%
To the body 90 / 138 65.2% 68.1% 38 / 50 76.0% 69.6%
To the legs 94 / 105 89.5% 81.5% 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3134.8% acc · 2.68/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2442.1% acc · 4.23/15 · norm 1.27
2060.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
65:0337.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
52:3661.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
20:211:45 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
12:122:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.26/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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