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Jimmy Flick vs.
Cody Durden

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

2-4-0 Jimmy Flick · UFC
7-9-1 Cody Durden · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
7-9-1
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
35.9
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
35.4
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
15.3
Layoff (months)Δ 14.4 mo
0.9
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Jimmy Flick is a submission threat — 2.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Cody Durden hunts takedowns — 3.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Cody Durden owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight 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.

Jimmy Flick

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Cody Durden

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 79
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

791.57/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
5523.27/min · norm 3.49
2815.60/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
6583.89/min · norm 3.24
47.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.6%
41.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.18

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

Jimmy Flick

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 7.3%)

Cody Durden

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 7.3%)

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

Jimmy Flick

Head 50.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 30.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 19.3% (norm 9.3%)

Cody Durden

Head 84.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Flick L/AAccFlyweight med Durden L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 151 43.7% 40.0% 473 / 1130 41.9% 40.0%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.4% 21 / 28 75.0% 70.4%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.7% 58 / 84 69.0% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 84 36.9% 37.6% 405 / 1051 38.5% 37.6%
To the body 29 / 50 58.0% 68.5% 69 / 95 72.6% 68.5%
To the legs 19 / 32 59.4% 80.0% 78 / 96 81.2% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Flick L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Durden L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 348 53.7% 40.1% 546 / 1193 45.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 30 / 37 81.1% 68.8% 54 / 74 73.0% 68.8%
On the ground 64 / 94 68.1% 71.1% 58 / 76 76.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 385 53.2% 35.2% 424 / 1001 42.4% 35.2%
To the body 45 / 59 76.3% 68.2% 120 / 196 61.2% 68.2%
To the legs 31 / 35 88.6% 80.3% 114 / 146 78.1% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

829.6% acc · 2.39/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
4348.3% acc · 3.82/15 · norm 1.30
00.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1356.5% def · norm 62.5%
12:5425.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
61:4336.5% of cage time · norm 17.0%
16:194:52 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
23:162:03 per 15 · norm 2:44
82.39/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
70.62/15 · norm 0.58

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

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