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Rani Yahya vs. Josh Grispi

UFC 13-6-1 (1 NC) vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-6-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'11"
67"
ReachΔ 7"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
29.8
Layoff (months)Δ 134.3 mo
164.1
LLWWD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rani Yahya is a submission threat — 1.49 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Josh Grispi is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Rani Yahya hunts takedowns — 2.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rani Yahya

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 136
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Josh Grispi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 04
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4401.91/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
400.86/min · norm 3.52
4862.11/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1904.09/min · norm 3.50
39.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
37.4%norm 44.7%
50.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 54.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rani Yahya

Distance 87.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 6.4%)

Josh Grispi

Distance 80.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 12.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rani Yahya

Head 75.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 8.4%)

Josh Grispi

Head 64.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yahya L/AAccBantamweight med Grispi L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 336 / 980 34.3% 39.2% 30 / 86 34.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 23 / 38 60.5% 69.0% 5 / 13 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 81 / 104 77.9% 70.2% 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 239 / 849 28.2% 35.3% 14 / 69 20.3% 37.1%
To the body 82 / 119 68.9% 66.9% 10 / 18 too few to rate 68.0%
To the legs 119 / 154 77.3% 79.2% 16 / 20 too few to rate 80.3%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Yahya L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Grispi L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 311 / 757 41.1% 39.4% 65 / 142 45.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 17 / 26 65.4% 70.6% 58 / 102 56.9% 70.3%
On the ground 158 / 196 80.6% 72.1% 67 / 97 69.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 340 / 790 43.0% 34.9% 131 / 269 48.7% 35.9%
To the body 95 / 121 78.5% 66.1% 41 / 49 83.7% 68.0%
To the legs 51 / 68 75.0% 78.8% 18 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4131.1% acc · 2.66/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
743.8% acc · 2.26/15 · norm 1.17
931.0% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 61.5%
88:2338.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
8:0017.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
62:554:05 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
29:309:31 per 15 · norm 3:11
231.49/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
41.29/15 · norm 0.45

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