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Rashad Evans vs. Brad Imes

UFC 14-8-1 vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-8-1
UFC record
0-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 2 yrs
49
6'0"
HeightΔ 7"
6'7"
75"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
100.4
Layoff (months)Δ 134 mo
234.4
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brad Imes is a submission threat — 1.03 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Rashad Evans hunts takedowns — 2.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Brad Imes's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rashad Evans

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 158
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Brad Imes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6142.13/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
1192.73/min · norm 3.28
7102.46/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1854.24/min · norm 3.19
37.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
31.9%norm 47.5%
64.2%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 52.5%
40.21/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rashad Evans

Distance 73.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.6%)

Brad Imes

Distance 68.9% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 21.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.7% (norm 9.3%)

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

Rashad Evans

Head 88.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 9.7%)

Brad Imes

Head 90.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Evans L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Imes L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 359 / 1208 29.7% 41.5% 68 / 257 26.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 116 / 196 59.2% 70.8% 33 / 80 41.2% 70.4%
On the ground 139 / 231 60.2% 72.9% 18 / 36 50.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 484 / 1446 33.5% 39.2% 97 / 339 28.6% 39.0%
To the body 87 / 136 64.0% 72.0% 19 / 31 61.3% 77.0%
To the legs 43 / 53 81.1% 82.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 87.8%

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: 94 fighters · 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 Evans L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Imes L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 500 / 1641 30.5% 40.6% 115 / 253 45.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 188 / 309 60.8% 68.8% 31 / 51 60.8% 70.6%
On the ground 22 / 31 71.0% 70.4% 39 / 63 61.9% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 444 / 1591 27.9% 37.7% 138 / 316 43.7% 39.3%
To the body 168 / 260 64.6% 72.9% 19 / 21 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 98 / 130 75.4% 83.1% 28 / 30 93.3% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5342.4% acc · 2.75/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
571.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 0.90
3973.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.2%
80:3527.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
6:2914.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
17:280:54 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
13:074:30 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
31.03/15 · norm 0.16

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