Tony Gravely vs.
Nate Maness
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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
Nate Maness
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Nate Maness
Distance 74.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 7.3%)
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%)
Nate Maness
Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 9.3%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Gravely L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Maness L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 182 / 472 | 38.6% | 39.0% | 126 / 310 | 40.6% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 60 / 83 | 72.3% | 68.7% | 40 / 52 | 76.9% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 67 / 114 | 58.8% | 70.2% | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 196 / 516 | 38.0% | 34.9% | 154 / 349 | 44.1% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 49 / 75 | 65.3% | 66.8% | 42 / 53 | 79.2% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 64 / 78 | 82.1% | 79.4% | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | 80.0% |
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 · Flyweight: 73 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/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Maness L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 304 / 602 | 50.5% | 39.3% | 136 / 305 | 44.6% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 77 / 95 | 81.1% | 70.4% | 47 / 55 | 85.5% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 51 / 57 | 89.5% | 72.4% | 75 / 89 | 84.3% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 294 / 592 | 49.7% | 34.9% | 148 / 283 | 52.3% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 111 / 134 | 82.8% | 66.0% | 73 / 110 | 66.4% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 27 / 28 | 96.4% | 79.1% | 37 / 56 | 66.1% | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Gravely has more cage time on record.