BOUTSCOUT
Matchup deep-dive

Josh Bryant vs.
Kyle Noke

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

0-1-0 Josh Bryant · UFC
6-6-0 Kyle Noke · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
6-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 0 yrs
46
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
193.6
Layoff (months)Δ 77.3 mo
116.3
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Josh Bryant rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Josh Bryant absorbs 6.10 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Kyle Noke defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 54%, vs a 82% Welterweight 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.

Josh Bryant

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Kyle Noke

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

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

91.10/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3573.30/min · norm 3.17
506.10/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2322.14/min · norm 3.06
20.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.1%norm 44.9%
43.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.42/15 · norm 0.38

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

Josh Bryant

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Kyle Noke

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Josh Bryant

Head 84.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Kyle Noke

Head 62.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 21.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bryant L/AAccMiddleweight med Noke L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 45 20.0% 40.5% 250 / 533 46.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 22 / 39 56.4% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 85 / 127 66.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 38 18.4% 38.9% 170 / 439 38.7% 37.2%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 71.7% 72 / 110 65.5% 70.7%
To the legs 1 / 5 too few to rate 83.3% 115 / 150 76.7% 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Bryant L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Noke L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 74 58.1% 39.5% 149 / 489 30.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.9% 20 / 41 48.8% 68.9%
On the ground 3 / 8 too few to rate 69.0% 63 / 85 74.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 62 45.2% 37.9% 183 / 526 34.8% 35.6%
To the body 4 / 4 too few to rate 71.3% 28 / 50 56.0% 69.6%
To the legs 18 / 22 too few to rate 82.1% 21 / 39 53.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1155.0% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.27
0— def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2066.7% def · norm 63.9%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
17:1615.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:050:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
24:403:24 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.55/15 · norm 0.45

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

Next move

Let the engine settle it.