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Neil Grove vs.
Mike Ciesnolevicz

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

0-1-0 Neil Grove · UFC
1-1-0 Mike Ciesnolevicz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
55
AgeΔ 9 yrs
46
6'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
209.4
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
205.5
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LW
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.

Neil Grove is a submission threat — 14.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Mike Ciesnolevicz is a submission threat — 5.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Neil Grove owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight 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.

Neil Grove

Full career not yet synced for Neil Grove — 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

Mike Ciesnolevicz

Full career not yet synced for Mike Ciesnolevicz — 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

00.00/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
30.51/min · norm 3.41
00.00/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
274.62/min · norm 3.35
0.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 48.3%
norm 52.5%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Neil Grove

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Mike Ciesnolevicz

Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Neil Grove

Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Mike Ciesnolevicz

Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grove L/AAccHeavyweight med Ciesnolevicz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 3 too few to rate 40.1% 3 / 6 too few to rate 41.4%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 3 too few to rate 38.9% 3 / 6 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 76.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Grove L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Ciesnolevicz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 40.7% 6 / 25 24.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 9 / 20 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0% 12 / 19 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 0 too few to rate 38.8% 26 / 63 41.3% 37.5%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
120.0% def · norm 66.7%
0:2234.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
3:057:54 per 15 · norm 2:48
114.29/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
25.13/15 · norm 0.27

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

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