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Movsar Evloev vs.
Mike Grundy

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

10-0-0 Movsar Evloev · UFC
1-3-0 Mike Grundy · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-0-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32
AgeΔ 7 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.6
Layoff (months)Δ 48 mo
52.6
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Movsar Evloev hunts takedowns — 4.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Mike Grundy hunts takedowns — 4.06 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Movsar Evloev owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Movsar Evloev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.78 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6253.91/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
852.09/min · norm 3.54
4482.80/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1814.45/min · norm 3.47
47.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 45.0%
61.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.37/15 · norm 0.29

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

Movsar Evloev

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

Mike Grundy

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

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

Movsar Evloev

Head 86.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)

Mike Grundy

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Evloev L/AAccFeatherweight med Grundy L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 470 / 1121 41.9% 40.9% 66 / 166 39.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 50 / 66 75.8% 70.8% 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 105 / 125 84.0% 69.2% 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1128 42.5% 37.2% 62 / 153 40.5% 37.2%
To the body 94 / 116 81.0% 68.2% 23 / 34 67.6% 68.2%
To the legs 52 / 68 76.5% 80.7% 0 / 1 too few to rate 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 Evloev L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Grundy L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 1067 35.5% 39.2% 165 / 395 41.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 39 / 49 79.6% 70.3% 16 / 19 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 30 / 41 73.2% 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 275 / 909 30.3% 35.9% 109 / 321 34.0% 35.9%
To the body 121 / 178 68.0% 67.9% 41 / 55 74.5% 67.9%
To the legs 52 / 70 74.3% 81.5% 31 / 38 81.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5152.6% acc · 4.78/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1128.2% acc · 4.06/15 · norm 1.19
2261.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 61.5%
57:0635.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
6:4716.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
12:071:08 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
1:260:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.19/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.37/15 · norm 0.46

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

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