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Phil Davis vs. Brian Stann

UFC 9-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
46
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
79"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
140.8
Layoff (months)Δ 22.8 mo
163.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Phil Davis hunts takedowns — 2.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Brian Stann carries real power — 0.95 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Brian Stann rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Phil Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 208
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.5 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Brian Stann

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4852.87/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
3333.01/min · norm 3.23
2241.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2692.43/min · norm 3.20
34.5%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 47.4%
72.3%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.95/15 · norm 0.32

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

Phil Davis

Distance 73.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 10.6%)

Brian Stann

Distance 71.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Phil Davis

Head 75.0% (norm 78.5%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 9.7%)

Brian Stann

Head 74.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Davis L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Stann L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 241 / 1039 23.2% 41.5% 190 / 550 34.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 62 / 89 69.7% 70.8% 75 / 120 62.5% 70.6%
On the ground 182 / 278 65.5% 72.9% 68 / 99 68.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 272 / 1055 25.8% 39.2% 173 / 571 30.3% 38.8%
To the body 149 / 253 58.9% 72.0% 66 / 92 71.7% 71.6%
To the legs 64 / 98 65.3% 82.1% 94 / 106 88.7% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Davis L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Stann L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 730 24.9% 40.6% 150 / 468 32.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 24 / 54 44.4% 68.8% 45 / 79 57.0% 70.4%
On the ground 18 / 26 69.2% 70.4% 74 / 111 66.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 678 22.1% 37.7% 168 / 520 32.3% 37.9%
To the body 37 / 74 50.0% 72.9% 77 / 101 76.2% 71.3%
To the legs 37 / 58 63.8% 83.1% 24 / 37 64.9% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3135.6% acc · 2.76/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
1372.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3155.4% def · norm 63.3%
56:5033.7% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
17:1615.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
9:370:51 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
37:475:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.53/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.41/15 · norm 0.45

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