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Marcus Brimage vs.
Jimy Hettes

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

4-4-0 Marcus Brimage · UFC
3-3-0 Jimy Hettes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'4"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
132.7
Layoff (months)Δ 2.9 mo
135.6
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Jimy Hettes hunts takedowns — 5.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jimy Hettes is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Marcus Brimage rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Marcus Brimage

Full career not yet synced for Marcus Brimage — 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 +0.1 wins over .500

Jimy Hettes

Full career not yet synced for Jimy Hettes — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3193.97/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2203.47/min · norm 3.54
2933.64/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2223.50/min · norm 3.47
35.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
57.3%norm 45.0%
56.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 54.85%
20.37/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Marcus Brimage

Distance 95.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.5%)

Jimy Hettes

Distance 60.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Marcus Brimage

Head 73.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Jimy Hettes

Head 86.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brimage L/AAccBantamweight med Hettes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 299 / 853 35.1% 39.0% 109 / 232 47.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 18 / 36 50.0% 68.7% 43 / 64 67.2% 70.8%
On the ground 2 / 7 too few to rate 70.2% 68 / 88 77.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 654 26.8% 34.9% 177 / 332 53.3% 37.2%
To the body 83 / 158 52.5% 66.8% 34 / 41 82.9% 68.2%
To the legs 61 / 84 72.6% 79.4% 9 / 11 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Brimage L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hettes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 249 / 621 40.1% 39.3% 153 / 393 38.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 23 / 28 82.1% 70.4% 41 / 70 58.6% 70.3%
On the ground 21 / 27 77.8% 72.4% 28 / 64 43.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 574 37.8% 34.9% 121 / 367 33.0% 35.9%
To the body 51 / 65 78.5% 66.0% 70 / 126 55.6% 67.9%
To the legs 25 / 37 67.6% 79.1% 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3100.0% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2244.9% acc · 5.20/15 · norm 1.19
2480.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1361.9% def · norm 61.5%
1:482.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
25:4440.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:121:31 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
14:223:23 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
61.42/15 · norm 0.46

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

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