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Dennis Bermudez vs.
Te Edwards

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
0-2-0 Te Edwards · 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
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39.6
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
35.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 6"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
90.5
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
90.5
WLLLL
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.

Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Te Edwards owns the mat — in control 62% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Te Edwards carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 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.

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

Te Edwards

Full career not yet synced for Te Edwards — 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

8704.42/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
281.38/min · norm 3.42
6053.07/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
844.15/min · norm 3.37
46.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.4%norm 43.5%
59.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
45.1%norm 56.3%
50.38/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.74/15 · norm 0.25

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%)

Te Edwards

Distance 76.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.3% (norm 8.0%)

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%)

Te Edwards

Head 84.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 7.9%)

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 Edwards L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.9% 20 / 54 37.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 159 / 257 61.9% 70.8% 4 / 4 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 250 / 376 66.5% 69.2% 4 / 13 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.2% 20 / 60 33.3% 35.0%
To the body 127 / 194 65.5% 68.2% 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 160 / 182 87.9% 80.7% 4 / 5 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Edwards L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.2% 39 / 86 45.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3% 6 / 13 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4% 39 / 54 72.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9% 56 / 119 47.1% 35.1%
To the body 125 / 180 69.4% 67.9% 18 / 20 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5% 10 / 14 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.

5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 1.38
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
444.4% def · norm 64.0%
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
12:2761.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
1:130:54 per 15 · norm 2:46
141.07/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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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