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Jimy Hettes vs. Marcus Brimage

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 4-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
5'4"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
138.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
135.1
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jimy Hettes hunts takedowns — 5.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Jimy Hettes is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Marcus Brimage rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jimy Hettes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Marcus Brimage

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 34

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2203.47/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3193.97/min · norm 3.52
2223.50/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2933.64/min · norm 3.58
57.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 43.5%
57.9%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.37/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jimy Hettes

Distance 60.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 6.5%)

Marcus Brimage

Distance 95.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.4%)

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

Jimy Hettes

Head 86.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.9%)

Marcus Brimage

Head 73.0% (norm 77.5%) · 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/AAccFeatherweight med Brimage L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 109 / 232 47.0% 40.5% 299 / 853 35.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 43 / 64 67.2% 70.5% 18 / 36 50.0% 69.0%
On the ground 68 / 88 77.3% 69.3% 2 / 7 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 177 / 332 53.3% 37.1% 175 / 654 26.8% 35.3%
To the body 34 / 41 82.9% 68.0% 83 / 158 52.5% 66.9%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 80.3% 61 / 84 72.6% 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brimage L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 393 38.9% 39.3% 249 / 621 40.1% 39.4%
In the clinch 41 / 70 58.6% 70.3% 23 / 28 82.1% 70.6%
On the ground 28 / 64 43.8% 69.4% 21 / 27 77.8% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 121 / 367 33.0% 35.9% 217 / 574 37.8% 34.9%
To the body 70 / 126 55.6% 68.0% 51 / 65 78.5% 66.1%
To the legs 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5% 25 / 37 67.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2244.9% acc · 5.20/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.12
1361.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2480.0% def · norm 65.7%
25:4440.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
1:482.2% of cage time · norm 17.8%
14:223:23 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
8:121:31 per 15 · norm 2:24
61.42/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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