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Ezra Elliott vs.
Damien Anderson

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

1-0-0 Ezra Elliott · UFC
0-1-0 Damien Anderson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-0-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
26
AgeΔ 3 yrs
29
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
W
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Ezra Elliott hunts takedowns — 12.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Ezra Elliott is a submission threat — 3.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Damien Anderson is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 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.

Ezra Elliott

Full career not yet synced for Ezra Elliott — 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

Damien Anderson

Full career not yet synced for Damien Anderson — 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

60.40/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
70.47/min · norm 3.54
70.47/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
60.40/min · norm 3.47
54.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
35.0%norm 45.0%
65.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
45.5%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)

Ezra Elliott

Distance 54.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 36.4% (norm 6.5%)

Damien Anderson

Distance 40.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 20.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 40.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ezra Elliott

Head 72.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 7.8%)

Damien Anderson

Head 80.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Elliott L/AAccFeatherweight med Anderson L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 6 too few to rate 40.9% 2 / 8 too few to rate 40.9%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 69.2% 2 / 8 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 8 too few to rate 37.2% 5 / 16 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 80.7% 0 / 2 too few to rate 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 Elliott L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Anderson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 8 too few to rate 39.2% 2 / 6 too few to rate 39.2%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 2 / 8 too few to rate 69.4% 4 / 4 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 5 / 16 too few to rate 35.9% 4 / 8 too few to rate 35.9%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 0 / 2 too few to rate 81.5% 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1266.7% acc · 12.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
2100.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 61.5%
11:0173.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
0:475.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
0:470:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
11:0111:01 per 15 · norm 3:12
33.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
11.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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