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Matt Serra vs.
Kelly Dullanty

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

7-7-0 Matt Serra · UFC
0-1-0 Kelly Dullanty · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
52
AgeΔ 4 yrs
48
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
68"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
190.4
Layoff (months)Δ 102.1 mo
292.5
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Kelly Dullanty rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Matt Serra is a submission threat — 0.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Matt Serra owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Matt Serra

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Kelly Dullanty

Full career not yet synced for Kelly Dullanty — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3331.98/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
00.00/min · norm 3.42
4442.64/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
20.67/min · norm 3.37
39.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
0.0%norm 43.5%
46.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
75.0%norm 56.3%
50.45/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Matt Serra

Distance 73.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 8.1%)

Kelly Dullanty

Distance 0.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 100.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Matt Serra

Head 75.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Kelly Dullanty

Head 100.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (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 Serra L/AAccWelterweight med Dullanty L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 198 / 611 32.4% 38.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 37.9%
In the clinch 59 / 84 70.2% 67.8% 0 / 1 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 76 / 142 53.5% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 171 / 632 27.1% 37.2% 0 / 1 too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 112 / 147 76.2% 70.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 50 / 58 86.2% 82.9% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Serra L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Dullanty L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 255 / 562 45.4% 39.0% 0 / 2 too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 91 / 111 82.0% 68.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 98 / 157 62.4% 68.0% 2 / 6 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 286 / 658 43.5% 35.6% 2 / 8 too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 125 / 134 93.3% 69.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 33 / 38 86.8% 82.1% 0 / 0 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.

2320.9% acc · 2.05/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
1238.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 64.0%
57:3434.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:116.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
35:183:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:2211:57 per 15 · norm 2:46
100.89/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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