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Neil Seery 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 Neil Seery · 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
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46.9
AgeΔ 1 yrs
47.9
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
64"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
108.7
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
112.6
LLWLW
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.

Neil Seery is a submission threat — 1.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Brad Pickett hunts takedowns — 2.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Neil Seery carries real power — 0.31 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight 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 Seery

Full career not yet synced for Neil Seery — 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

3443.56/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
4653.06/min · norm 3.52
3673.79/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
7284.79/min · norm 3.58
41.1%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
32.4%norm 43.4%
58.9%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 56.6%
20.31/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
30.30/15 · norm 0.30

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

Neil Seery

Distance 84.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 7.3%)

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)

Neil Seery

Head 89.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 5.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 9.3%)

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 Seery L/AAccFlyweight med Pickett L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 703 36.8% 40.0% 351 / 1240 28.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 72 59.7% 70.4% 56 / 91 61.5% 68.7%
On the ground 42 / 61 68.9% 69.7% 58 / 104 55.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 292 / 746 39.1% 37.6% 304 / 1159 26.2% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 48 47.9% 68.5% 67 / 131 51.1% 66.8%
To the legs 29 / 42 69.0% 80.0% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Seery L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Pickett L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 251 / 705 35.6% 40.1% 582 / 1449 40.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 80 / 108 74.1% 68.8% 69 / 105 65.7% 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 80 45.0% 71.1% 77 / 104 74.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 703 30.9% 35.2% 570 / 1411 40.4% 34.9%
To the body 92 / 127 72.4% 68.2% 92 / 171 53.8% 66.0%
To the legs 58 / 63 92.1% 80.3% 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.

527.8% acc · 0.78/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 1.12
2853.8% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2360.5% def · norm 66.7%
6:356.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
32:4721.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
38:325:58 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
14:491:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
101.55/15 · norm 0.58
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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