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David Branch vs. Tomasz Drwal

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
78"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
90.7
Layoff (months)Δ 102.4 mo
193.1
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tomasz Drwal hunts takedowns — 3.55 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
David Branch owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
David Branch hunts takedowns — 2.55 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

David Branch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 162

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Tomasz Drwal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 193

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1371.66/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1253.29/min · norm 3.23
1571.91/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
862.26/min · norm 3.20
39.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
38.1%norm 47.4%
56.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 53.8%
10.18/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.39/15 · norm 0.32

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

David Branch

Distance 73.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 10.0%)

Tomasz Drwal

Distance 67.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

David Branch

Head 73.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Tomasz Drwal

Head 89.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Branch L/AAccMiddleweight med Drwal L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 251 27.1% 40.5% 68 / 220 30.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 48 / 59 81.4% 70.6% 33 / 70 47.1% 70.6%
On the ground 21 / 34 61.8% 69.4% 24 / 38 63.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 251 25.9% 38.8% 97 / 294 33.0% 38.8%
To the body 41 / 55 74.5% 71.6% 10 / 14 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 31 / 38 81.6% 83.3% 18 / 20 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Branch L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Drwal L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 74 / 241 30.7% 39.5% 54 / 145 37.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 36 / 54 66.7% 70.4% 26 / 46 56.5% 70.4%
On the ground 47 / 68 69.1% 69.0% 6 / 9 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 105 / 292 36.0% 37.9% 56 / 153 36.6% 37.9%
To the body 29 / 43 67.4% 71.3% 19 / 25 76.0% 71.3%
To the legs 23 / 28 82.1% 82.1% 11 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1432.6% acc · 2.55/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
960.0% acc · 3.55/15 · norm 1.35
743.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1482.4% def · norm 63.3%
34:1841.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
8:2222.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
12:382:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
8:113:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.39/15 · norm 0.45

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