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Tommy Hayden vs.
Dennis Bermudez

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

0-2-0 Tommy Hayden · UFC
10-7-0 Dennis Bermudez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
10-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
Reach
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
167.8
Layoff (months)Δ 77.3 mo
90.5
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL
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.

Tommy Hayden carries real power — 1.71 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Tommy Hayden hunts takedowns — 3.42 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.

Tommy Hayden

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Dennis Bermudez

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

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

131.48/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
8704.42/min · norm 3.54
182.05/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6053.07/min · norm 3.47
27.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 45.0%
55.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 54.85%
11.71/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tommy Hayden

Distance 93.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

Dennis Bermudez

Distance 66.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tommy Hayden

Head 85.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.8%)

Dennis Bermudez

Head 80.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hayden L/AAccFeatherweight med Bermudez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 11 / 45 24.4% 40.9% 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 159 / 257 61.9% 70.8%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2% 250 / 376 66.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 11 / 41 26.8% 37.2% 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.2%
To the body 1 / 5 too few to rate 68.2% 127 / 194 65.5% 68.2%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 80.7% 160 / 182 87.9% 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 Hayden L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bermudez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 25 32.0% 39.2% 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3% 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3%
On the ground 9 / 13 too few to rate 69.4% 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 38 44.7% 35.9% 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 67.9% 125 / 180 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.5% 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

233.3% acc · 3.42/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.19
466.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
1:4720.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
3:155:33 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
141.07/15 · norm 0.46

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

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