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Travis Browne vs. Chad Griggs

UFC 9-7-1 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-1
UFC record
0-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
44
AgeΔ 4 yrs
48
6'6"
HeightΔ 5"
6'1"
79"
ReachΔ 6"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
111.4
Layoff (months)Δ 55.6 mo
167
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chad Griggs hunts takedowns — 3.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Travis Browne carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Chad Griggs's takedown defense leaks — 25% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Travis Browne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Chad Griggs

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4002.93/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
20.41/min · norm 3.48
5884.31/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
102.05/min · norm 3.37
41.5%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
33.3%norm 48.45%
42.9%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
33.3%norm 52.75%
60.66/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Travis Browne

Distance 78.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 14.7% (norm 9.3%)

Chad Griggs

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Travis Browne

Head 75.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.6%)

Chad Griggs

Head 66.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 16.7% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Browne L/AAccHeavyweight med Griggs L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 754 32.9% 40.1% 2 / 5 too few to rate 41.5%
In the clinch 56 / 68 82.4% 70.4% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 96 / 142 67.6% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 238 / 726 32.8% 39.0% 0 / 4 too few to rate 39.2%
To the body 99 / 158 62.7% 77.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0%
To the legs 63 / 80 78.8% 87.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Browne L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Griggs L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 760 49.7% 40.7% 3 / 7 too few to rate 40.6%
In the clinch 134 / 174 77.0% 70.6% 5 / 5 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 76 / 95 80.0% 72.2% 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 757 47.2% 39.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 37.7%
To the body 114 / 138 82.6% 75.1% 1 / 3 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 117 / 134 87.3% 84.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1168.8% acc · 1.21/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 3.07/15 · norm 0.87
2175.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 66.7%
20:1014.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:072.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
25:022:45 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
3:2910:41 per 15 · norm 2:50
20.22/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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