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Travis Fulton vs.
David Dodd

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

1-1-0 Travis Fulton · UFC
0-2-0 David Dodd · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
49
AgeΔ 3 yrs
52
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
324.7
Layoff (months)Δ 10.8 mo
313.9
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Travis Fulton owns the mat — in control 77% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Travis Fulton carries real power — 0.91 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
David Dodd rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Travis Fulton

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

David Dodd

Full career not yet synced for David Dodd — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

311.88/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
100.40/min · norm 3.25
150.91/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
411.64/min · norm 3.20
57.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
32.3%norm 47.4%
44.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
55.4%norm 53.8%
10.91/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Travis Fulton

Distance 29.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 31.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 38.9% (norm 9.3%)

David Dodd

Distance 71.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Travis Fulton

Head 74.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 22.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 7.6%)

David Dodd

Head 80.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fulton L/AAccHeavyweight med Dodd L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 16 too few to rate 40.1% 3 / 22 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.2% 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 40 42.5% 38.9% 5 / 25 20.0% 38.9%
To the body 12 / 12 too few to rate 76.8% 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Fulton L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Dodd L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 16 too few to rate 40.7% 12 / 48 25.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 16 / 29 55.2% 70.9%
On the ground 6 / 10 too few to rate 72.0% 13 / 15 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 18 too few to rate 38.8% 24 / 73 32.9% 37.9%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 75.1% 15 / 17 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 84.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

133.3% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
5100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
133.3% def · norm 63.1%
7:4176.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
1:396.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
1:371:28 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
12:297:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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