Philipe Lins vs.
Maxim Grishin
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Philipe Lins
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
Maxim Grishin
Full career not yet synced for Maxim Grishin — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Philipe Lins
Distance 89.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.4%)
Maxim Grishin
Distance 83.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Philipe Lins
Head 72.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.7%)
Maxim Grishin
Head 63.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 21.7% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Lins L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Grishin L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 202 / 438 | 46.1% | 41.4% | 186 / 362 | 51.4% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 30 / 41 | 73.2% | 70.9% | 24 / 35 | 68.6% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 18 / 36 | 50.0% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 141 / 358 | 39.4% | 38.9% | 96 / 276 | 34.8% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 55 / 79 | 69.6% | 71.9% | 45 / 63 | 71.4% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 45 / 54 | 83.3% | 81.8% | 87 / 94 | 92.6% | 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 (Light 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 Lins L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Grishin L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 179 / 361 | 49.6% | 40.4% | 129 / 342 | 37.7% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 47 / 63 | 74.6% | 68.7% | 25 / 39 | 64.1% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 94 / 266 | 35.3% | 37.5% | 76 / 252 | 30.2% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 68 / 83 | 81.9% | 72.3% | 38 / 63 | 60.3% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 66 / 77 | 85.7% | 83.0% | 45 / 71 | 63.4% | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lins has more cage time on record.