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Kyle Bradley vs.
Phillipe Nover

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
1-6-0 Phillipe Nover · 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
1-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
198.8
Layoff (months)Δ 85 mo
113.8
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Kyle Bradley rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Phillipe Nover is a submission threat — 0.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Kyle Bradley's takedown defense leaks — 40% stopped, vs a 64% 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.

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

Phillipe Nover

Full career not yet synced for Phillipe Nover — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

461.99/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1631.79/min · norm 3.54
803.45/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2262.48/min · norm 3.47
40.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 45.0%
58.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Phillipe Nover

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)

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%)

Phillipe Nover

Head 76.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)

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 Nover L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 102 35.3% 37.9% 114 / 382 29.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 7 / 8 too few to rate 67.3% 44 / 60 73.3% 70.8%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 5 / 16 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 18 / 82 22.0% 35.0% 96 / 348 27.6% 37.2%
To the body 19 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 47 / 81 58.0% 68.2%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 81.9% 20 / 29 69.0% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Nover L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 110 26.4% 38.9% 120 / 360 33.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.6% 61 / 77 79.2% 70.3%
On the ground 39 / 71 54.9% 68.0% 45 / 81 55.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 71 / 176 40.3% 35.1% 98 / 341 28.7% 35.9%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 68.1% 55 / 86 64.0% 67.9%
To the legs 6 / 14 too few to rate 81.5% 73 / 91 80.2% 81.5%
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
628.6% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.19
440.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1744.7% def · norm 61.5%
0:352.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
9:1910.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:585:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
31:525:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
40.66/15 · norm 0.46

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

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