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Enrique Barzola vs.
Brandon Davis

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

6-3-1 Enrique Barzola · UFC
2-7-0 Brandon Davis · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-3-1
UFC record
2-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37.3
AgeΔ 1.1 yrs
36.2
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
76.7
Layoff (months)Δ 31 mo
45.7
DLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Enrique Barzola hunts takedowns — 4.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Enrique Barzola owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Brandon Davis rarely shoots — 0.84 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Enrique Barzola

Full career not yet synced for Enrique Barzola — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Brandon Davis

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5873.91/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4374.08/min · norm 3.54
4462.97/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4594.29/min · norm 3.47
41.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 45.0%
68.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
58.2%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Enrique Barzola

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 6.5%)

Brandon Davis

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Enrique Barzola

Head 78.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.8%)

Brandon Davis

Head 76.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barzola L/AAccFeatherweight med Davis L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 424 / 1166 36.4% 40.9% 389 / 1068 36.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 37 / 56 66.1% 70.8% 28 / 35 80.0% 70.8%
On the ground 126 / 190 66.3% 69.2% 20 / 32 62.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 348 / 1108 31.4% 37.2% 247 / 870 28.4% 37.2%
To the body 132 / 181 72.9% 68.2% 73 / 116 62.9% 68.2%
To the legs 107 / 123 87.0% 80.7% 117 / 149 78.5% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Barzola L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Davis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 417 / 1371 30.4% 39.2% 374 / 968 38.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 22 / 44 50.0% 70.3% 28 / 52 53.8% 70.3%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.4% 57 / 78 73.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 290 / 1192 24.3% 35.9% 335 / 915 36.6% 35.9%
To the body 88 / 144 61.1% 67.9% 68 / 111 61.3% 67.9%
To the legs 68 / 89 76.4% 81.5% 56 / 72 77.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4245.7% acc · 4.20/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
642.9% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.19
1466.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3457.6% def · norm 61.5%
44:3529.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
7:537.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:440:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
25:523:37 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.30/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.46

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

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