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Mike Easton vs.
Brad Pickett

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

3-4-0 Mike Easton · UFC
5-9-0 Brad Pickett · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
5-9-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
42.5
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
47.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
145.7
Layoff (months)Δ 33.1 mo
112.6
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Brad Pickett hunts takedowns — 2.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Mike Easton is wasteful with head shots — only 22% land, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm.
Brad Pickett absorbs 4.79 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
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.

Mike Easton

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Brad Pickett

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

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3513.51/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4653.06/min · norm 3.52
4274.28/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
7284.79/min · norm 3.58
37.1%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
32.4%norm 43.4%
61.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 56.6%
10.15/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
30.30/15 · norm 0.30

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

Mike Easton

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 6.5%)

Brad Pickett

Distance 86.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Mike Easton

Head 70.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 8.4%)

Brad Pickett

Head 80.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Easton L/AAccBantamweight med Pickett L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 828 31.3% 39.0% 351 / 1240 28.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 79 / 101 78.2% 68.7% 56 / 91 61.5% 68.7%
On the ground 13 / 18 too few to rate 70.2% 58 / 104 55.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 663 21.7% 34.9% 304 / 1159 26.2% 34.9%
To the body 97 / 152 63.8% 66.8% 67 / 131 51.1% 66.8%
To the legs 110 / 132 83.3% 79.4% 94 / 145 64.8% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Easton L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Pickett L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 319 / 948 33.6% 39.3% 582 / 1449 40.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 95 / 145 65.5% 70.4% 69 / 105 65.7% 70.4%
On the ground 13 / 24 too few to rate 72.4% 77 / 104 74.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 872 28.4% 34.9% 570 / 1411 40.4% 34.9%
To the body 88 / 136 64.7% 66.0% 92 / 171 53.8% 66.0%
To the legs 91 / 109 83.5% 79.1% 66 / 76 86.8% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

522.7% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 1.12
2266.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2360.5% def · norm 66.7%
9:269.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
32:4721.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
22:333:23 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
14:491:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.20/15 · norm 0.28

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

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