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Donte Johnson vs.
Cody Brundage

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

2-0-0 Donte Johnson · UFC
6-8-1 (1 NC) Cody Brundage · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-0-0
UFC record
6-8-1 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
27.5
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
32.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
2.7
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLD
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.

Donte Johnson owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Cody Brundage carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Donte Johnson is a submission threat — 0.70 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight 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.

Donte Johnson

Full career not yet synced for Donte Johnson — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Cody Brundage

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

552.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2942.39/min · norm 3.25
361.68/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3542.88/min · norm 3.20
44.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 47.4%
63.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.8%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.49/15 · norm 0.32

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

Donte Johnson

Distance 82.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 10.3%)

Cody Brundage

Distance 77.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Donte Johnson

Head 87.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Cody Brundage

Head 84.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccMiddleweight med Brundage L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 102 37.3% 40.5% 197 / 457 43.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 70.3% 28 / 44 63.6% 70.3%
On the ground 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.1% 69 / 89 77.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 109 40.4% 38.9% 227 / 501 45.3% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 8 too few to rate 71.7% 25 / 39 64.1% 71.7%
To the legs 7 / 7 too few to rate 83.3% 42 / 50 84.0% 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: 174 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 Johnson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Brundage L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 94 36.2% 39.5% 162 / 428 37.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.9% 55 / 87 63.2% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 2 too few to rate 69.0% 137 / 219 62.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 80 23.8% 37.9% 278 / 616 45.1% 37.9%
To the body 6 / 8 too few to rate 71.3% 39 / 74 52.7% 71.3%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 82.1% 37 / 44 84.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3100.0% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1442.4% acc · 1.71/15 · norm 1.42
975.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2266.7% def · norm 63.1%
6:3630.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
22:0718.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:254:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
50:446:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.70/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.49/15 · norm 0.47

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

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