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Garrett Armfield vs.
David Onama

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
6-3-0 David Onama · 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
6-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
29
AgeΔ 3 yrs
32
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 12 mo
9.1
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

David Onama carries real power — 0.60 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
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.
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

David Onama

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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
5095.07/min · norm 3.54
1983.64/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4914.89/min · norm 3.47
53.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 45.0%
56.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
51.9%norm 54.85%
20.55/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
40.60/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

David Onama

Distance 84.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.8% (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%)

David Onama

Head 85.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)

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 Onama L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 474 51.9% 39.0% 403 / 854 47.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 16 / 23 too few to rate 68.7% 38 / 53 71.7% 70.8%
On the ground 29 / 45 64.4% 70.2% 68 / 110 61.8% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 223 / 459 48.6% 34.9% 406 / 870 46.7% 37.2%
To the body 51 / 66 77.3% 66.8% 59 / 94 62.8% 68.2%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 79.4% 44 / 53 83.0% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Armfield L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Onama L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 166 / 397 41.8% 39.3% 400 / 881 45.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 29 / 50 58.0% 70.4% 48 / 77 62.3% 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 72.4% 43 / 62 69.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 362 35.1% 34.9% 312 / 783 39.8% 35.9%
To the body 53 / 70 75.7% 66.0% 100 / 138 72.5% 67.9%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 79.1% 79 / 99 79.8% 81.5%
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
730.4% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.19
2264.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2052.6% def · norm 61.5%
10:0818.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
19:5519.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:333:44 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
23:363:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.55/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.45/15 · norm 0.46

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

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