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Kendall Grove vs.
Mark Munoz

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

7-6-0 Kendall Grove · UFC
9-6-0 Mark Munoz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-6-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43.7
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
48.5
6'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
79"
ReachΔ 8"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
182.3
Layoff (months)Δ 47.6 mo
134.7
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLW
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.

Kendall Grove is a submission threat — 2.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Mark Munoz hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mark Munoz owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Kendall Grove

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Mark Munoz

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

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2632.14/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3943.02/min · norm 3.25
2682.18/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3072.35/min · norm 3.20
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 47.4%
47.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 53.8%
20.24/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kendall Grove

Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 28.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 10.3%)

Mark Munoz

Distance 45.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 33.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Kendall Grove

Head 79.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Mark Munoz

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grove L/AAccMiddleweight med Munoz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 344 24.7% 40.5% 124 / 355 34.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 129 / 167 77.2% 70.3% 98 / 162 60.5% 70.3%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 69.1% 172 / 265 64.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 163 / 464 35.1% 38.9% 231 / 586 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 82 87.8% 71.7% 114 / 134 85.1% 71.7%
To the legs 28 / 40 70.0% 83.3% 49 / 62 79.0% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Grove L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Munoz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 221 37.1% 39.5% 161 / 484 33.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 46 / 64 71.9% 70.9% 91 / 144 63.2% 70.9%
On the ground 140 / 227 61.7% 69.0% 55 / 78 70.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 386 41.5% 37.9% 186 / 554 33.6% 37.9%
To the body 72 / 84 85.7% 71.3% 82 / 109 75.2% 71.3%
To the legs 36 / 42 85.7% 82.1% 39 / 43 90.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

562.5% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2830.1% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.42
5159.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 63.1%
18:2214.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
42:5232.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
67:198:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
28:083:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
172.07/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.57/15 · norm 0.47

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

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