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Gray Maynard vs. TJ Grant

UFC 11-7-1 (1 NC) vs. 8-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-7-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47
AgeΔ 5 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
96.5
Layoff (months)Δ 64.3 mo
160.8
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gray Maynard hunts takedowns — 2.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Gray Maynard owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
TJ Grant carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Gray Maynard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

TJ Grant

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.31 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4931.92/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
5103.95/min · norm 3.17
6792.64/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4153.21/min · norm 3.08
32.5%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
54.0%norm 44.75%
66.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.9%norm 55.25%
60.35/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.58/15 · norm 0.38

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

Gray Maynard

Distance 80.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

TJ Grant

Distance 70.2% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 20.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Gray Maynard

Head 88.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

TJ Grant

Head 73.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 19.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maynard L/AAccLightweight med Grant L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 320 / 1215 26.3% 38.3% 315 / 663 47.5% 38.5%
In the clinch 73 / 123 59.3% 67.5% 141 / 196 71.9% 67.8%
On the ground 100 / 177 56.5% 68.8% 54 / 85 63.5% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 371 / 1340 27.7% 35.1% 298 / 693 43.0% 36.4%
To the body 100 / 144 69.4% 69.1% 154 / 187 82.4% 70.7%
To the legs 22 / 31 71.0% 81.8% 58 / 64 90.6% 83.0%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Maynard L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Grant L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 509 / 1768 28.8% 38.8% 285 / 723 39.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 101 / 174 58.0% 68.6% 32 / 59 54.2% 68.9%
On the ground 69 / 95 72.6% 68.0% 98 / 180 54.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 466 / 1679 27.8% 35.2% 323 / 836 38.6% 35.6%
To the body 117 / 237 49.4% 68.2% 43 / 71 60.6% 69.6%
To the legs 96 / 121 79.3% 81.5% 49 / 55 89.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5047.6% acc · 2.91/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1443.8% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.31
5281.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1436.8% def · norm 63.9%
74:3929.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
32:0724.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
17:521:02 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
47:295:30 per 15 · norm 3:15
120.70/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
50.58/15 · norm 0.44

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