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Ryan Hall vs.
Gray Maynard

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

5-1-0 Ryan Hall · UFC
11-7-1 (1 NC) Gray Maynard · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-1-0
UFC record
11-7-1 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41.5
AgeΔ 5.7 yrs
47.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
55.8
Layoff (months)Δ 38.2 mo
94
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.

Ryan Hall is a submission threat — 2.22 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gray Maynard hunts takedowns — 2.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Ryan Hall's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 62% 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.

Ryan Hall

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

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Gray Maynard

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

In the UFC: 8-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1612.38/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4931.92/min · norm 3.42
901.33/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6792.64/min · norm 3.37
50.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
32.5%norm 43.5%
65.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
66.7%norm 56.3%
20.44/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.35/15 · norm 0.25

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

Ryan Hall

Distance 79.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 18.3% (norm 6.5%)

Gray Maynard

Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Ryan Hall

Head 50.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 35.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 7.8%)

Gray Maynard

Head 88.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hall L/AAccFeatherweight med Maynard L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 108 / 257 42.0% 40.9% 320 / 1215 26.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 3 / 6 too few to rate 70.8% 73 / 123 59.3% 67.3%
On the ground 50 / 59 84.7% 69.2% 100 / 177 56.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 161 42.2% 37.2% 371 / 1340 27.7% 35.0%
To the body 56 / 113 49.6% 68.2% 100 / 144 69.4% 69.1%
To the legs 37 / 48 77.1% 80.7% 22 / 31 71.0% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hall L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Maynard L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 48 / 174 27.6% 39.2% 509 / 1768 28.8% 38.9%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.3% 101 / 174 58.0% 68.6%
On the ground 38 / 84 45.2% 69.4% 69 / 95 72.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 41 / 182 22.5% 35.9% 466 / 1679 27.8% 35.1%
To the body 25 / 38 65.8% 67.9% 117 / 237 49.4% 68.1%
To the legs 24 / 44 54.5% 81.5% 96 / 121 79.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

19.1% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
5047.6% acc · 2.91/15 · norm 1.38
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5281.3% def · norm 64.0%
13:1019.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
74:3929.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
17:443:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
17:521:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
102.22/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
120.70/15 · norm 0.49

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

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