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Garrett Armfield vs.
Brad Katona

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

2-3-0 Garrett Armfield · UFC
4-5-0 Brad Katona · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
29
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 6"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 6.2 mo
14.9
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Garrett Armfield is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Garrett Armfield carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Brad Katona hunts takedowns — 1.86 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.

Garrett Armfield

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Brad Katona

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2915.35/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5824.81/min · norm 3.52
1983.64/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5754.75/min · norm 3.58
53.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
52.5%norm 43.4%
56.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 56.6%
20.55/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Garrett Armfield

Distance 87.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 6.5%)

Brad Katona

Distance 80.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Garrett Armfield

Head 84.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Brad Katona

Head 79.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Armfield L/AAccBantamweight med Katona L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 474 51.9% 39.0% 425 / 889 47.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 68.7% 86 / 121 71.1% 68.7%
On the ground 29 / 45 64.4% 70.2% 71 / 99 71.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 223 / 459 48.6% 34.9% 414 / 886 46.7% 34.9%
To the body 51 / 66 77.3% 66.8% 74 / 116 63.8% 66.8%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 79.4% 94 / 107 87.9% 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 Armfield L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Katona L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 166 / 397 41.8% 39.3% 489 / 1046 46.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 29 / 50 58.0% 70.4% 54 / 68 79.4% 70.4%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 72.4% 32 / 42 76.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 362 35.1% 34.9% 406 / 926 43.8% 34.9%
To the body 53 / 70 75.7% 66.0% 98 / 148 66.2% 66.0%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 79.1% 71 / 82 86.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

450.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1534.1% acc · 1.86/15 · norm 1.12
2264.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1661.5% def · norm 66.7%
10:0818.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
34:3028.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
13:333:44 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
12:011:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.55/15 · 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 — Katona has more cage time on record.

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