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TJ Grant vs.
Ryo Chonan

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

8-3-0 TJ Grant · UFC
1-3-0 Ryo Chonan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42.4
AgeΔ 7.4 yrs
49.8
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
158.4
Layoff (months)Δ 49.2 mo
207.6
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL
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.

Ryo Chonan owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Ryo Chonan rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
TJ Grant carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight 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.

TJ Grant

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

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Ryo Chonan

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5103.95/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1522.53/min · norm 3.17
4153.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1803.00/min · norm 3.06
54.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.9%norm 44.9%
56.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.4%norm 55.25%
50.58/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

TJ Grant

Distance 70.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 8.1%)

Ryo Chonan

Distance 72.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

TJ Grant

Head 73.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Ryo Chonan

Head 79.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grant L/AAccWelterweight med Chonan L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 315 / 663 47.5% 38.6% 99 / 289 34.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 141 / 196 71.9% 67.8% 20 / 32 62.5% 67.8%
On the ground 54 / 85 63.5% 67.2% 33 / 80 41.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 693 43.0% 37.2% 84 / 319 26.3% 37.2%
To the body 154 / 187 82.4% 70.7% 41 / 49 83.7% 70.7%
To the legs 58 / 64 90.6% 82.9% 27 / 33 81.8% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Grant L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Chonan L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 285 / 723 39.4% 39.0% 116 / 411 28.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 59 54.2% 68.9% 21 / 30 70.0% 68.9%
On the ground 98 / 180 54.4% 68.0% 43 / 79 54.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 323 / 836 38.6% 35.6% 133 / 458 29.0% 35.6%
To the body 43 / 71 60.6% 69.6% 17 / 28 60.7% 69.6%
To the legs 49 / 55 89.1% 82.1% 30 / 34 88.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1443.8% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.27
1436.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
840.0% def · norm 63.9%
32:0724.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
18:3831.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
47:295:30 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
16:274:06 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.58/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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