Jimy Hettes vs.
Marcus Brimage
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Jimy Hettes
Full career not yet synced for Jimy Hettes — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Marcus Brimage
Full career not yet synced for Marcus Brimage — 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 +0.1 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jimy Hettes
Distance 60.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 6.5%)
Marcus Brimage
Distance 95.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jimy Hettes
Head 86.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.8%)
Marcus Brimage
Head 73.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hettes L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Brimage L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 109 / 232 | 47.0% | 40.9% | 299 / 853 | 35.1% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 64 | 67.2% | 70.8% | 18 / 36 | 50.0% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 68 / 88 | 77.3% | 69.2% | 2 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 177 / 332 | 53.3% | 37.2% | 175 / 654 | 26.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 34 / 41 | 82.9% | 68.2% | 83 / 158 | 52.5% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 61 / 84 | 72.6% | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Hettes L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Brimage L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 153 / 393 | 38.9% | 39.2% | 249 / 621 | 40.1% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 41 / 70 | 58.6% | 70.3% | 23 / 28 | 82.1% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 28 / 64 | 43.8% | 69.4% | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 121 / 367 | 33.0% | 35.9% | 217 / 574 | 37.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 70 / 126 | 55.6% | 67.9% | 51 / 65 | 78.5% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 31 / 34 | 91.2% | 81.5% | 25 / 37 | 67.6% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Brimage has more cage time on record.