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Ode Osbourne vs.
Brian Kelleher

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

5-8-0 Ode Osbourne · UFC
8-9-0 Brian Kelleher · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-8-0
UFC record
8-9-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
5.5
Layoff (months)Δ 19 mo
24.5
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Ode Osbourne carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Brian Kelleher is a submission threat — 0.67 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Brian Kelleher hunts takedowns — 1.68 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Ode Osbourne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Brian Kelleher

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 811
Tier 3 — regional circuit 165

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3072.88/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
4423.31/min · norm 3.52
3453.24/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
6144.59/min · norm 3.58
40.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
41.4%norm 43.4%
49.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
54.6%norm 56.6%
40.56/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
30.34/15 · norm 0.30

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

Ode Osbourne

Distance 91.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 7.3%)

Brian Kelleher

Distance 87.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ode Osbourne

Head 80.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 9.3%)

Brian Kelleher

Head 76.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Osbourne L/AAccFlyweight med Kelleher L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 255 / 694 36.7% 40.0% 345 / 937 36.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 12 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 29 / 43 67.4% 68.7%
On the ground 40 / 50 80.0% 69.7% 68 / 88 77.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 199 / 609 32.7% 37.6% 288 / 815 35.3% 34.9%
To the body 63 / 92 68.5% 68.5% 67 / 141 47.5% 66.8%
To the legs 45 / 59 76.3% 80.0% 87 / 112 77.7% 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 Osbourne L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Kelleher L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 217 / 490 44.3% 40.1% 519 / 1217 42.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 42 / 61 68.9% 68.8% 64 / 93 68.8% 70.4%
On the ground 86 / 129 66.7% 71.1% 31 / 43 72.1% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 193 / 472 40.9% 35.2% 399 / 1044 38.2% 34.9%
To the body 87 / 127 68.5% 68.2% 130 / 201 64.7% 66.0%
To the legs 65 / 81 80.2% 80.3% 85 / 108 78.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

626.1% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1541.7% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.12
2965.9% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2460.0% def · norm 66.7%
7:146.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
34:1325.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
37:155:14 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
24:262:44 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.28/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
60.67/15 · norm 0.28

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

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