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Martin Bravo vs.
Humberto Bandenay

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 Martin Bravo · UFC
1-3-0 Humberto Bandenay · 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
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32.9
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
82.5
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
83.9
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Humberto Bandenay hunts takedowns — 2.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Martin Bravo hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Martin Bravo outworks the Featherweight division — 7.66 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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.

Martin Bravo

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Humberto Bandenay

Full career not yet synced for Humberto Bandenay — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2217.66/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
692.22/min · norm 3.54
1655.72/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1494.79/min · norm 3.47
39.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 45.0%
51.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
41.1%norm 54.85%
10.52/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.48/15 · norm 0.29

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

Martin Bravo

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

Humberto Bandenay

Distance 89.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Martin Bravo

Head 82.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)

Humberto Bandenay

Head 77.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bravo L/AAccFeatherweight med Bandenay L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 525 38.9% 40.9% 55 / 148 37.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 10 / 21 too few to rate 70.8% 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 69.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 459 35.1% 37.2% 39 / 127 30.7% 37.2%
To the body 45 / 72 62.5% 68.2% 20 / 25 80.0% 68.2%
To the legs 15 / 28 53.6% 80.7% 10 / 13 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Bravo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bandenay L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 314 49.0% 39.2% 94 / 180 52.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 24 / 32 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 4 / 10 too few to rate 69.4% 31 / 41 75.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 110 / 272 40.4% 35.9% 96 / 175 54.9% 35.9%
To the body 45 / 57 78.9% 67.9% 43 / 64 67.2% 67.9%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 10 / 14 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

535.7% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 2.90/15 · norm 1.19
685.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 61.5%
4:2015.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
3:5012.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
1:210:42 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:314:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.48/15 · norm 0.46

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

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