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Garrett Armfield vs.
Brady Hiestand

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
3-1-0 Brady Hiestand · 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
3-1-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
29
AgeΔ 2 yrs
27
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
25.7
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWL
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.

Brady Hiestand hunts takedowns — 4.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Brady Hiestand is a submission threat — 1.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Garrett Armfield is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 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

Brady Hiestand

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

In the UFC: 1-0 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

2915.35/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1522.70/min · norm 3.52
1983.64/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2113.75/min · norm 3.58
53.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
50.8%norm 43.4%
56.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
51.2%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%)

Brady Hiestand

Distance 90.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.0% (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%)

Brady Hiestand

Head 81.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (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 Hiestand L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 474 51.9% 39.0% 127 / 269 47.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 68.7% 14 / 18 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 29 / 45 64.4% 70.2% 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 223 / 459 48.6% 34.9% 112 / 244 45.9% 34.9%
To the body 51 / 66 77.3% 66.8% 28 / 39 71.8% 66.8%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 79.4% 12 / 16 too few to rate 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 Hiestand L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 166 / 397 41.8% 39.3% 138 / 329 41.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 29 / 50 58.0% 70.4% 34 / 42 81.0% 70.4%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 72.4% 39 / 61 63.9% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 362 35.1% 34.9% 170 / 380 44.7% 34.9%
To the body 53 / 70 75.7% 66.0% 25 / 34 73.5% 66.0%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 79.1% 16 / 18 too few to rate 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
1846.2% acc · 4.80/15 · norm 1.12
2264.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
342.9% def · norm 66.7%
10:0818.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
26:3947.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
13:333:44 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
7:512:05 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.55/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
41.07/15 · norm 0.28

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

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