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Mike Grundy vs.
Nad Narimani

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 Mike Grundy · UFC
2-2-0 Nad Narimani · 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
2-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39
AgeΔ 0 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
52.6
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
72.6
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Mike Grundy hunts takedowns — 4.06 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Nad Narimani owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Nad Narimani hunts takedowns — 1.92 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Mike Grundy

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Nad Narimani

Full career not yet synced for Nad Narimani — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

852.09/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1823.33/min · norm 3.54
1814.45/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1643.00/min · norm 3.47
45.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 45.0%
56.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
58.8%norm 54.85%
10.37/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Mike Grundy

Distance 88.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 6.5%)

Nad Narimani

Distance 81.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Mike Grundy

Head 81.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 7.8%)

Nad Narimani

Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grundy L/AAccFeatherweight med Narimani L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 166 39.8% 40.9% 119 / 345 34.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.8% 19 / 24 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.2% 44 / 57 77.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 62 / 153 40.5% 37.2% 133 / 357 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 23 / 34 67.6% 68.2% 27 / 42 64.3% 68.2%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 80.7% 22 / 27 81.5% 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 Grundy L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Narimani L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 165 / 395 41.8% 39.2% 128 / 349 36.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 16 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 21 / 28 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 321 34.0% 35.9% 113 / 326 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 41 / 55 74.5% 67.9% 16 / 30 53.3% 67.9%
To the legs 31 / 38 81.6% 81.5% 35 / 42 83.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1128.2% acc · 4.06/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
741.2% acc · 1.92/15 · norm 1.19
150.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
770.0% def · norm 61.5%
6:4716.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
14:5727.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
1:260:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:082:46 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.37/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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