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Sean Woodson vs.
Dennis Buzukja

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

7-2-1 Sean Woodson · UFC
1-5-0 Dennis Buzukja · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-2-1
UFC record
1-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.2
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
28.8
6'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
78"
ReachΔ 8"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
15.8
Layoff (months)Δ 15.6 mo
0.2
LWWWW
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.

Dennis Buzukja rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Sean Woodson outworks the Featherweight division — 5.84 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Sean Woodson rarely shoots — 0.61 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 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.

Sean Woodson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 82
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.51 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Dennis Buzukja

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7215.84/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2454.71/min · norm 3.54
5364.34/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2504.80/min · norm 3.47
46.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 45.0%
59.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 54.85%
30.36/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.29/15 · norm 0.29

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

Sean Woodson

Distance 96.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Dennis Buzukja

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Sean Woodson

Head 82.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 7.8%)

Dennis Buzukja

Head 74.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Woodson L/AAccFeatherweight med Buzukja L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 673 / 1485 45.3% 40.9% 226 / 532 42.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 41 / 51 80.4% 70.8% 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.2% 9 / 24 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 512 / 1269 40.3% 37.2% 149 / 425 35.1% 37.2%
To the body 109 / 162 67.3% 68.2% 55 / 94 58.5% 68.2%
To the legs 100 / 116 86.2% 80.7% 41 / 52 78.8% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Woodson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Buzukja L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 470 / 1205 39.0% 39.2% 209 / 464 45.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 58 / 85 68.2% 70.3% 18 / 23 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 8 / 17 too few to rate 69.4% 23 / 29 79.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 274 / 916 29.9% 35.9% 170 / 401 42.4% 35.9%
To the body 136 / 225 60.4% 67.9% 43 / 77 55.8% 67.9%
To the legs 126 / 166 75.9% 81.5% 37 / 38 97.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

555.6% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
4686.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1661.5% def · norm 61.5%
9:387.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
2:455.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
20:572:32 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
16:254:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.36/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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