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Junie Browning vs.
David Kaplan

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

1-1-0 Junie Browning · UFC
0-2-0 David Kaplan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42.2
AgeΔ 4.5 yrs
46.7
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
208.1
Layoff (months)Δ 1.7 mo
206.4
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Junie Browning is a submission threat — 3.53 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
David Kaplan hunts takedowns — 4.88 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Junie Browning hunts takedowns — 3.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Junie Browning

Full career not yet synced for Junie Browning — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

David Kaplan

Full career not yet synced for David Kaplan — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

323.76/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
622.88/min · norm 3.42
151.76/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
934.32/min · norm 3.37
48.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 43.5%
66.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
67.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Junie Browning

Distance 77.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 8.0%)

David Kaplan

Distance 91.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Junie Browning

Head 78.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.9%)

David Kaplan

Head 53.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 37.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Browning L/AAccLightweight med Kaplan L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 51 51.0% 37.9% 56 / 123 45.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 3 / 7 too few to rate 67.3% 5 / 10 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 3 / 8 too few to rate 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 52 40.4% 35.0% 15 / 72 20.8% 35.0%
To the body 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.1% 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.9% 39 / 50 78.0% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Browning L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Kaplan L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 36 27.8% 38.9% 82 / 266 30.8% 38.9%
In the clinch 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.6% 6 / 13 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 5 / 10 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 30 20.0% 35.1% 68 / 251 27.1% 35.1%
To the body 5 / 7 too few to rate 68.1% 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 4 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 13 / 16 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 3.53/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
743.8% acc · 4.88/15 · norm 1.38
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
4:1249.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:1529.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
1:001:45 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:072:10 per 15 · norm 2:46
23.53/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.70/15 · norm 0.49

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

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