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Tony Gravely vs.
Javid Basharat

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

4-4-0 Tony Gravely · UFC
4-2-0 (1 NC) Javid Basharat · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
4-2-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
30
5'5"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
40.9
Layoff (months)Δ 35 mo
5.9
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLNCW
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.

Tony Gravely hunts takedowns — 5.64 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Tony Gravely owns the mat — in control 43% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Javid Basharat outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.22 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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.

Tony Gravely

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Javid Basharat

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 52
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3093.52/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4405.22/min · norm 3.52
4324.93/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2593.08/min · norm 3.58
46.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
53.4%norm 43.4%
42.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
63.9%norm 56.6%
40.68/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.30

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

Tony Gravely

Distance 70.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 6.5%)

Javid Basharat

Distance 89.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tony Gravely

Head 77.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Javid Basharat

Head 70.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gravely L/AAccBantamweight med Basharat L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 472 38.6% 39.0% 365 / 734 49.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 60 / 83 72.3% 68.7% 31 / 42 73.8% 68.7%
On the ground 67 / 114 58.8% 70.2% 44 / 48 91.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 516 38.0% 34.9% 250 / 584 42.8% 34.9%
To the body 49 / 75 65.3% 66.8% 125 / 162 77.2% 66.8%
To the legs 64 / 78 82.1% 79.4% 65 / 78 83.3% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Gravely L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Basharat L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 602 50.5% 39.3% 245 / 688 35.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 77 / 95 81.1% 70.4% 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 51 / 57 89.5% 72.4% 3 / 12 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 294 / 592 49.7% 34.9% 147 / 544 27.0% 34.9%
To the body 111 / 134 82.8% 66.0% 48 / 82 58.5% 66.0%
To the legs 27 / 28 96.4% 79.1% 64 / 92 69.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3340.7% acc · 5.64/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
936.0% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.12
1050.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2683.9% def · norm 66.7%
37:4143.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:4017.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
12:502:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
6:131:06 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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