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Dwight Grant vs.
Dustin Stoltzfus

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

3-5-0 Dwight Grant · UFC
3-7-0 Dustin Stoltzfus · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
3-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41.9
AgeΔ 7.2 yrs
34.7
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
48.7
Layoff (months)Δ 38 mo
10.7
LLLWL
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.

Dustin Stoltzfus is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Dwight Grant rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Dustin Stoltzfus hunts takedowns — 2.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

Dwight Grant

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Dustin Stoltzfus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2873.13/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3403.28/min · norm 3.25
2372.59/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3373.25/min · norm 3.20
34.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.4%
61.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
47.7%norm 53.8%
30.49/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dwight Grant

Distance 90.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 8.1%)

Dustin Stoltzfus

Distance 87.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Dwight Grant

Head 83.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 8.4%)

Dustin Stoltzfus

Head 73.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grant L/AAccWelterweight med Stoltzfus L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 242 / 748 32.4% 38.6% 273 / 671 40.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 15 / 18 too few to rate 67.8% 37 / 50 74.0% 70.3%
On the ground 30 / 60 50.0% 67.2% 30 / 46 65.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 185 / 689 26.9% 37.2% 175 / 563 31.1% 38.9%
To the body 44 / 66 66.7% 70.7% 85 / 113 75.2% 71.7%
To the legs 58 / 71 81.7% 82.9% 80 / 91 87.9% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Grant L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Stoltzfus L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 539 36.0% 39.0% 282 / 569 49.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 13 / 20 too few to rate 68.9% 31 / 38 81.6% 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 48 62.5% 68.0% 24 / 37 64.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 459 26.8% 35.6% 241 / 523 46.1% 37.9%
To the body 58 / 79 73.4% 69.6% 60 / 78 76.9% 71.3%
To the legs 56 / 69 81.2% 82.1% 36 / 43 83.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4100.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1435.9% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 1.42
1965.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
750.0% def · norm 63.1%
2:132.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
28:4227.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
15:372:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
18:012:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
71.01/15 · norm 0.47

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

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