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Kyle Bradley vs.
Chris Lytle

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

1-3-0 Kyle Bradley · UFC
10-10-0 Chris Lytle · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
10-10-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 8 yrs
51
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
198.8
Layoff (months)Δ 19.1 mo
179.7
LWLL
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.

Chris Lytle is a submission threat — 2.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Kyle Bradley rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Chris Lytle rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

Kyle Bradley

Full career not yet synced for Kyle Bradley — 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

Chris Lytle

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

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

461.99/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
8183.79/min · norm 3.17
803.45/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6873.18/min · norm 3.06
40.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.9%
58.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kyle Bradley

Distance 88.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.0%)

Chris Lytle

Distance 84.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Kyle Bradley

Head 71.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.9%)

Chris Lytle

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bradley L/AAccLightweight med Lytle L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 102 35.3% 37.9% 628 / 1574 39.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 7 / 8 too few to rate 67.3% 164 / 242 67.8% 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 26 / 41 63.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 18 / 82 22.0% 35.0% 504 / 1451 34.7% 37.2%
To the body 19 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 246 / 321 76.6% 70.7%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 81.9% 68 / 85 80.0% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Bradley L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Lytle L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 110 26.4% 38.9% 450 / 1239 36.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.6% 123 / 196 62.8% 68.9%
On the ground 39 / 71 54.9% 68.0% 114 / 202 56.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 71 / 176 40.3% 35.1% 407 / 1280 31.8% 35.6%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 68.1% 170 / 226 75.2% 69.6%
To the legs 6 / 14 too few to rate 81.5% 110 / 131 84.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
950.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.27
440.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3254.2% def · norm 63.9%
0:352.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
28:4213.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
8:585:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
74:265:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
312.15/15 · norm 0.45

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

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