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Leonard Garcia vs.
Matt Grice

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

2-7-0 Leonard Garcia · UFC
2-5-0 Matt Grice · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-7-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
47
AgeΔ 2 yrs
45
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
159.3
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
161.4
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Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Matt Grice carries real power — 0.73 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Matt Grice owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Leonard Garcia rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Leonard Garcia

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

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

Matt Grice

Full career not yet synced for Matt Grice — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3342.80/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2524.09/min · norm 3.42
6275.25/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1662.69/min · norm 3.37
24.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.4%norm 43.5%
53.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.73/15 · norm 0.25

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

Leonard Garcia

Distance 94.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 6.5%)

Matt Grice

Distance 36.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Leonard Garcia

Head 87.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Matt Grice

Head 83.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Garcia L/AAccFeatherweight med Grice L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 289 / 1297 22.3% 40.9% 68 / 173 39.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 27 / 51 52.9% 70.8% 59 / 100 59.0% 67.3%
On the ground 18 / 27 66.7% 69.2% 125 / 199 62.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 218 / 1199 18.2% 37.2% 196 / 394 49.7% 35.0%
To the body 57 / 98 58.2% 68.2% 33 / 44 75.0% 69.1%
To the legs 59 / 78 75.6% 80.7% 23 / 34 67.6% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Garcia L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Grice L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 447 / 1049 42.6% 39.2% 67 / 231 29.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 33 / 63 52.4% 70.3% 49 / 80 61.2% 68.6%
On the ground 147 / 249 59.0% 69.4% 50 / 67 74.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 490 / 1175 41.7% 35.9% 120 / 307 39.1% 35.1%
To the body 110 / 151 72.8% 67.9% 23 / 40 57.5% 68.1%
To the legs 27 / 35 77.1% 81.5% 23 / 31 74.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

433.3% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
937.5% acc · 2.19/15 · norm 1.38
1441.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1482.4% def · norm 64.0%
8:046.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
30:3949.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
49:536:16 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:552:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
30.38/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.49/15 · norm 0.49

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

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