Matt Grice vs.
Jason Black
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.
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
Jason Black
Full career not yet synced for Jason Black — 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 +0.0 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)
Matt Grice
Distance 36.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 8.0%)
Jason Black
Distance 58.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 25.0% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Matt Grice
Head 83.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)
Jason Black
Head 79.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Grice L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Black L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 68 / 173 | 39.3% | 37.9% | 2 / 14 | too few to rate | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 59 / 100 | 59.0% | 67.3% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 125 / 199 | 62.8% | 69.1% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 196 / 394 | 49.7% | 35.0% | 7 / 19 | too few to rate | 35.0% |
| To the body | 33 / 44 | 75.0% | 69.1% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 81.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Grice L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Black L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 67 / 231 | 29.0% | 38.9% | 10 / 19 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 49 / 80 | 61.2% | 68.6% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 50 / 67 | 74.6% | 68.0% | 40 / 67 | 59.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 120 / 307 | 39.1% | 35.1% | 48 / 83 | 57.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 23 / 40 | 57.5% | 68.1% | 7 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 81.5% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
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 — Grice has more cage time on record.