Matt Grice vs.
Leonard Garcia
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
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
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%)
Leonard Garcia
Distance 94.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 6.5%)
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%)
Leonard Garcia
Head 87.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)
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 | Garcia L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 68 / 173 | 39.3% | 37.9% | 289 / 1297 | 22.3% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 59 / 100 | 59.0% | 67.3% | 27 / 51 | 52.9% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 125 / 199 | 62.8% | 69.1% | 18 / 27 | 66.7% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 196 / 394 | 49.7% | 35.0% | 218 / 1199 | 18.2% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 33 / 44 | 75.0% | 69.1% | 57 / 98 | 58.2% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 81.9% | 59 / 78 | 75.6% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Grice L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Garcia L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 67 / 231 | 29.0% | 38.9% | 447 / 1049 | 42.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 49 / 80 | 61.2% | 68.6% | 33 / 63 | 52.4% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 50 / 67 | 74.6% | 68.0% | 147 / 249 | 59.0% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 120 / 307 | 39.1% | 35.1% | 490 / 1175 | 41.7% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 23 / 40 | 57.5% | 68.1% | 110 / 151 | 72.8% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 81.5% | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 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 — Garcia has more cage time on record.