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Dennis Bermudez vs.
Jimy Hettes

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

10-7-0 Dennis Bermudez · UFC
3-3-0 Jimy Hettes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-7-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39.6
AgeΔ 0.4 yrs
39.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
66"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
90.5
Layoff (months)Δ 45.1 mo
135.6
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Jimy Hettes hunts takedowns — 5.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jimy Hettes is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 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.

Dennis Bermudez

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

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Jimy Hettes

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8704.42/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2203.47/min · norm 3.54
6053.07/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2223.50/min · norm 3.47
46.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
57.3%norm 45.0%
59.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 54.85%
50.38/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dennis Bermudez

Distance 66.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

Jimy Hettes

Distance 60.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dennis Bermudez

Head 80.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Jimy Hettes

Head 86.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bermudez L/AAccFeatherweight med Hettes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.9% 109 / 232 47.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 159 / 257 61.9% 70.8% 43 / 64 67.2% 70.8%
On the ground 250 / 376 66.5% 69.2% 68 / 88 77.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.2% 177 / 332 53.3% 37.2%
To the body 127 / 194 65.5% 68.2% 34 / 41 82.9% 68.2%
To the legs 160 / 182 87.9% 80.7% 9 / 11 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 Bermudez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Hettes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.2% 153 / 393 38.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3% 41 / 70 58.6% 70.3%
On the ground 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4% 28 / 64 43.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9% 121 / 367 33.0% 35.9%
To the body 125 / 180 69.4% 67.9% 70 / 126 55.6% 67.9%
To the legs 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5% 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2244.9% acc · 5.20/15 · norm 1.19
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1361.9% def · norm 61.5%
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
25:4440.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
14:223:23 per 15 · norm 3:12
141.07/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
61.42/15 · norm 0.46

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

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