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Zach Reese vs.
Sedriques Dumas

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 (1 NC) Zach Reese · UFC
3-5-0 (1 NC) Sedriques Dumas · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-5-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
Age
31
Height
6'2"
Reach
79"
Stance
Orthodox
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 2.6 mo
3.4
LLWNCW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW
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.

Zach Reese is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Zach Reese hunts takedowns — 2.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Sedriques Dumas owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% 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.

Zach Reese

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Sedriques Dumas

Full career not yet synced for Sedriques Dumas — 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 -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2614.43/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1351.97/min · norm 3.25
2303.90/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1822.65/min · norm 3.20
54.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.4%
44.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.3%norm 53.8%
10.25/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Zach Reese

Distance 80.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 10.3%)

Sedriques Dumas

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Zach Reese

Head 67.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)

Sedriques Dumas

Head 66.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Reese L/AAccMiddleweight med Dumas L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 198 / 390 50.8% 40.5% 104 / 269 38.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 29 / 43 67.4% 70.3% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 49 69.4% 69.1% 24 / 28 85.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 132 / 323 40.9% 38.9% 62 / 203 30.5% 38.9%
To the body 78 / 103 75.7% 71.7% 26 / 44 59.1% 71.7%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 83.3% 47 / 58 81.0% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Reese L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Dumas L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 130 / 294 44.2% 39.5% 116 / 295 39.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 63 / 72 87.5% 70.9% 20 / 26 76.9% 70.9%
On the ground 37 / 47 78.7% 69.0% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 131 / 272 48.2% 37.9% 117 / 302 38.7% 37.9%
To the body 77 / 117 65.8% 71.3% 46 / 64 71.9% 71.3%
To the legs 22 / 24 too few to rate 82.1% 19 / 24 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.

1161.1% acc · 2.80/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.42
1155.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 63.1%
10:3017.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
23:3034.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:373:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:483:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
41.02/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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