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.
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.
Ricky Glenn
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 18 | 3 |
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
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)
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/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Nover L/A | Acc | Featherweight 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/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Nover L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight 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% |
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 — Glenn has more cage time on record.