Fernando Bruno vs.
Gray Maynard
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Fernando Bruno
Full career not yet synced for Fernando Bruno — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Gray Maynard
Full career not yet synced for Gray Maynard — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 8-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Fernando Bruno
Distance 77.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 22.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
Gray Maynard
Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Fernando Bruno
Head 82.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 7.8%)
Gray Maynard
Head 88.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bruno L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Maynard L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 39 / 103 | 37.9% | 40.9% | 320 / 1215 | 26.3% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 30 | 43.3% | 70.8% | 73 / 123 | 59.3% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 100 / 177 | 56.5% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 40 / 110 | 36.4% | 37.2% | 371 / 1340 | 27.7% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 11 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 100 / 144 | 69.4% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Bruno L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Maynard L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 26 / 60 | 43.3% | 39.2% | 509 / 1768 | 28.8% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 14 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 101 / 174 | 58.0% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 69 / 95 | 72.6% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 24 / 70 | 34.3% | 35.9% | 466 / 1679 | 27.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 16 / 17 | too few to rate | 67.9% | 117 / 237 | 49.4% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 96 / 121 | 79.3% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Maynard has more cage time on record.