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Johnny Walker vs.
Dominick Reyes

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

8-7-0 (1 NC) Johnny Walker · UFC
10-5-0 Dominick Reyes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
34.4
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
36.6
6'6"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
82"
ReachΔ 5"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.8
LWLLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.

Dominick Reyes carries real power — 0.89 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Johnny Walker carries real power — 0.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Dominick Reyes rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

Johnny Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Dominick Reyes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4013.70/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
5884.99/min · norm 3.41
3162.91/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4013.40/min · norm 3.35
52.9%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
53.6%norm 48.3%
48.9%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 52.9%
50.69/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.89/15 · norm 0.40

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

Johnny Walker

Distance 80.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.4%)

Dominick Reyes

Distance 82.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 10.4%)

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

Johnny Walker

Head 59.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 29.7% (norm 9.7%)

Dominick Reyes

Head 70.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Walker L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Reyes L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 280 / 609 46.0% 41.4% 440 / 908 48.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.9% 60 / 74 81.1% 70.9%
On the ground 93 / 114 81.6% 72.3% 88 / 114 77.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 452 41.4% 38.9% 331 / 771 42.9% 38.9%
To the body 40 / 81 49.4% 71.9% 141 / 190 74.2% 71.9%
To the legs 174 / 225 77.3% 81.8% 116 / 135 85.9% 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Walker L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Reyes L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 511 46.4% 40.4% 371 / 746 49.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 24 / 36 66.7% 68.7% 16 / 26 61.5% 68.7%
On the ground 55 / 71 77.5% 70.4% 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 394 40.4% 37.5% 212 / 542 39.1% 37.5%
To the body 66 / 102 64.7% 72.3% 82 / 115 71.3% 72.3%
To the legs 91 / 122 74.6% 83.0% 107 / 138 77.5% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 0.28/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 0.87
950.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3482.9% def · norm 66.7%
8:157.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
8:157.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
19:372:42 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
8:541:07 per 15 · norm 2:48
30.42/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
20.25/15 · norm 0.27

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

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