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Frankie Saenz vs.
Eddie Wineland

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

5-5-0 Frankie Saenz · UFC
6-10-0 Eddie Wineland · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-5-0
UFC record
6-10-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
42.1
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
72.1
Layoff (months)Δ 22.5 mo
49.6
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Eddie Wineland carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Eddie Wineland rarely shoots — 0.30 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Frankie Saenz hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Frankie Saenz

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Eddie Wineland

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

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5093.94/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5273.49/min · norm 3.52
4523.50/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
6594.36/min · norm 3.58
47.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
29.5%norm 43.4%
52.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.5%norm 56.6%
20.23/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
80.79/15 · norm 0.30

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

Frankie Saenz

Distance 70.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 22.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

Eddie Wineland

Distance 94.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Frankie Saenz

Head 65.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 8.4%)

Eddie Wineland

Head 86.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Saenz L/AAccBantamweight med Wineland L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 287 / 753 38.1% 39.0% 465 / 1678 27.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 174 / 238 73.1% 68.7% 21 / 34 61.8% 68.7%
On the ground 48 / 82 58.5% 70.2% 41 / 72 56.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 238 / 707 33.7% 34.9% 387 / 1541 25.1% 34.9%
To the body 129 / 201 64.2% 66.8% 109 / 202 54.0% 66.8%
To the legs 142 / 165 86.1% 79.4% 31 / 41 75.6% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Saenz L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Wineland L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 322 / 771 41.8% 39.3% 572 / 1579 36.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 95 / 132 72.0% 70.4% 50 / 65 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 35 / 42 83.3% 72.4% 37 / 68 54.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 295 / 745 39.6% 34.9% 392 / 1310 29.9% 34.9%
To the body 114 / 150 76.0% 66.0% 129 / 228 56.6% 66.0%
To the legs 43 / 50 86.0% 79.1% 138 / 174 79.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1531.9% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
323.1% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 1.12
3761.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4293.3% def · norm 66.7%
26:5820.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
4:483.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
16:081:52 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
8:110:48 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.12/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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