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Donnie Chappell vs.
Tony Fryklund

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

0-1-0 Donnie Chappell · UFC
2-2-0 Tony Fryklund · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
Age
55.4
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
348.3
Layoff (months)Δ 86.9 mo
261.4
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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.

Tony Fryklund is a submission threat — 2.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Tony Fryklund carries real power — 1.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Donnie Chappell's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% 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.

Donnie Chappell

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Tony Fryklund

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

00.00/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
695.56/min · norm 3.25
53.30/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
221.77/min · norm 3.20
0.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
59.0%norm 47.4%
37.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
11.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Donnie Chappell

Distance 50.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 50.0% (norm 8.0%)

Tony Fryklund

Distance 17.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 73.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Donnie Chappell

Head 100.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Tony Fryklund

Head 87.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Chappell L/AAccLightweight med Fryklund L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 1 too few to rate 37.9% 7 / 20 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 54 / 86 62.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 2 too few to rate 35.0% 57 / 102 55.9% 38.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 8 / 8 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% 4 / 7 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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Chappell L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Fryklund L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 38.9% 9 / 28 32.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6% 8 / 16 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 5 / 8 too few to rate 68.0% 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 7 too few to rate 35.1% 13 / 42 31.0% 37.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.1% 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5% 7 / 8 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.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 1.21/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.1%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:5868.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
1:041:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
22.42/15 · norm 0.47

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

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