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Gary Goodridge vs.
Jerry Bohlander

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

4-4-0 Gary Goodridge · UFC
5-2-0 Jerry Bohlander · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
60
AgeΔ 8 yrs
52
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
329
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
330.9
WLWLL
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.

Jerry Bohlander's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight norm.
Gary Goodridge's takedown defense leaks — 38% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight norm.
Gary Goodridge defends ground strikes well — opponents land just 40%, vs a 67% Open Weight 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.

Gary Goodridge

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Jerry Bohlander

Full career not yet synced for Jerry Bohlander — 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 +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

441.09/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
420.85/min · norm 1.46
771.90/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
691.39/min · norm 1.68
57.1%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 45.8%
47.3%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Gary Goodridge

Distance 39.0% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 33.8% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 27.3% (norm 28.7%)

Jerry Bohlander

Distance 56.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 28.7% (norm 28.7%)

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

Gary Goodridge

Head 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Body 9.1% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 5.2%)

Jerry Bohlander

Head 64.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Goodridge L/AAccOpen Weight med Bohlander L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 11 / 30 36.7% 27.8% 16 / 49 32.7% 27.8%
In the clinch 16 / 26 61.5% 63.8% 10 / 13 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 17 / 21 too few to rate 65.8% 16 / 25 64.0% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 66 53.0% 39.3% 22 / 56 39.3% 39.3%
To the body 5 / 7 too few to rate 90.5% 7 / 7 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 53.5% 13 / 24 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Goodridge L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Bohlander L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 23 too few to rate 37.0% 19 / 43 44.2% 37.0%
In the clinch 45 / 65 69.2% 66.7% 12 / 19 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 23 / 58 39.7% 67.1% 38 / 60 63.3% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 130 50.0% 47.0% 58 / 109 53.2% 47.0%
To the body 8 / 11 too few to rate 87.9% 9 / 10 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 61.2% 2 / 3 too few to rate 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

466.7% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.15
337.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
10.37/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
51.51/15 · norm 1.34

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

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