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Darrick Minner vs.
TJ Laramie

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

2-4-0 Darrick Minner · UFC
0-2-0 TJ Laramie · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36.3
AgeΔ 7.5 yrs
28.8
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
45
Layoff (months)Δ 6.7 mo
51.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Darrick Minner is a submission threat — 2.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Darrick Minner owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
TJ Laramie owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

Darrick Minner

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

TJ Laramie

Full career not yet synced for TJ Laramie — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1142.40/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
150.95/min · norm 3.54
1092.30/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
513.21/min · norm 3.47
67.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 45.0%
34.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
36.3%norm 54.85%
10.32/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Darrick Minner

Distance 52.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 18.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 29.0% (norm 6.5%)

TJ Laramie

Distance 77.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 17.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Darrick Minner

Head 68.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 7.8%)

TJ Laramie

Head 74.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Minner L/AAccFeatherweight med Laramie L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 89 58.4% 40.9% 12 / 27 44.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 26 / 31 83.9% 70.8% 0 / 2 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 36 / 49 73.5% 69.2% 3 / 6 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 115 58.3% 37.2% 9 / 26 34.6% 37.2%
To the body 31 / 33 93.9% 68.2% 2 / 4 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 16 / 21 too few to rate 80.7% 4 / 5 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Minner L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Laramie L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 22 / 48 45.8% 39.2% 15 / 28 53.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.3% 14 / 15 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 84 / 113 74.3% 69.4% 22 / 37 59.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 82 / 136 60.3% 35.9% 30 / 58 51.7% 35.9%
To the body 25 / 26 96.2% 67.9% 18 / 19 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 2 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

888.9% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
120.0% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.19
666.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 61.5%
22:4548.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
4:3028.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
14:484:40 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:067:39 per 15 · norm 3:12
92.85/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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