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Ricky Glenn vs.
Phillipe Nover

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

4-6-1 Ricky Glenn · UFC
1-6-0 Phillipe Nover · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-6-1
UFC record
1-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 5 yrs
42
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
23.6
Layoff (months)Δ 90.2 mo
113.8
LLLDW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Ricky Glenn rarely shoots — 0.72 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Ricky Glenn carries real power — 0.36 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Phillipe Nover is a submission threat — 0.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Ricky Glenn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 183

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Phillipe Nover

Full career not yet synced for Phillipe Nover — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4733.79/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1631.79/min · norm 3.54
5374.30/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2262.48/min · norm 3.47
42.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 45.0%
51.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 54.85%
30.36/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ricky Glenn

Distance 74.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 8.0%)

Phillipe Nover

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ricky Glenn

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.9%)

Phillipe Nover

Head 76.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Glenn L/AAccLightweight med Nover L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 273 / 819 33.3% 37.9% 114 / 382 29.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 76 / 109 69.7% 67.3% 44 / 60 73.3% 70.8%
On the ground 124 / 177 70.1% 69.1% 5 / 16 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 292 / 823 35.5% 35.0% 96 / 348 27.6% 37.2%
To the body 119 / 195 61.0% 69.1% 47 / 81 58.0% 68.2%
To the legs 62 / 87 71.3% 81.9% 20 / 29 69.0% 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Glenn L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Nover L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 381 / 886 43.0% 38.9% 120 / 360 33.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 86 / 117 73.5% 68.6% 61 / 77 79.2% 70.3%
On the ground 70 / 97 72.2% 68.0% 45 / 81 55.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 387 / 902 42.9% 35.1% 98 / 341 28.7% 35.9%
To the body 124 / 167 74.3% 68.1% 55 / 86 64.0% 67.9%
To the legs 26 / 31 83.9% 81.5% 73 / 91 80.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

613.3% acc · 0.72/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
628.6% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.19
3469.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1744.7% def · norm 61.5%
23:3818.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
9:1910.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
28:133:23 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
31:525:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.36/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
40.66/15 · norm 0.46

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

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