Manny Bermudez vs.
Casey Kenney
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Manny Bermudez
Full career not yet synced for Manny Bermudez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500
Casey Kenney
Full career not yet synced for Casey Kenney — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Manny Bermudez
Distance 53.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 43.6% (norm 6.5%)
Casey Kenney
Distance 94.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Manny Bermudez
Head 87.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Casey Kenney
Head 72.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bermudez L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Kenney L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 33 / 75 | 44.0% | 39.0% | 484 / 1116 | 43.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 36 / 50 | 72.0% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 50 / 61 | 82.0% | 70.2% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 72 / 122 | 59.0% | 34.9% | 284 / 859 | 33.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 14 / 18 | too few to rate | 66.8% | 140 / 197 | 71.1% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 79.4% | 112 / 128 | 87.5% | 79.4% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Bermudez L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Kenney L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 50 / 112 | 44.6% | 39.3% | 458 / 1189 | 38.5% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 36 / 46 | 78.3% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 18 / 24 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 28 / 34 | 82.4% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 42 / 105 | 40.0% | 34.9% | 284 / 948 | 30.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 66.0% | 122 / 194 | 62.9% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 24 / 25 | 96.0% | 79.1% | 116 / 127 | 91.3% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kenney has more cage time on record.