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Dwight Grant vs.
Zak Ottow

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
4-4-0 Zak Ottow · 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
4-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
48.7
Layoff (months)Δ 40.2 mo
88.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.

Dwight Grant rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Zak Ottow is wasteful with body shots — only 50% land, vs a 71% Welterweight norm.
Dwight Grant carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight 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

Zak Ottow

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2873.13/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2032.63/min · norm 3.17
2372.59/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2112.73/min · norm 3.06
34.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
36.8%norm 44.9%
61.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.6%norm 55.25%
30.49/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.39/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Zak Ottow

Distance 90.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Zak Ottow

Head 76.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.4% (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 Ottow L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 242 / 748 32.4% 38.6% 174 / 501 34.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 15 / 18 too few to rate 67.8% 7 / 11 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 30 / 60 50.0% 67.2% 22 / 39 56.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 185 / 689 26.9% 37.2% 118 / 419 28.2% 37.2%
To the body 44 / 66 66.7% 70.7% 40 / 80 50.0% 70.7%
To the legs 58 / 71 81.7% 82.9% 45 / 52 86.5% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Ottow L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 539 36.0% 39.0% 144 / 415 34.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 13 / 20 too few to rate 68.9% 24 / 28 85.7% 68.9%
On the ground 30 / 48 62.5% 68.0% 43 / 67 64.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 459 26.8% 35.6% 123 / 384 32.0% 35.6%
To the body 58 / 79 73.4% 69.6% 33 / 57 57.9% 69.6%
To the legs 56 / 69 81.2% 82.1% 55 / 69 79.7% 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
529.4% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 1.27
1965.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
857.1% def · norm 63.9%
2:132.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
11:0214.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:372:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
14:572:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.39/15 · norm 0.45

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

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