Charles Byrd vs. John Phillips

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 1-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42
AgeΔ 1 yrs
41
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
74
Layoff (months)Δ 4.3 mo
69.7
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charles Byrd owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
John Phillips rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Charles Byrd's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charles Byrd

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

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

John Phillips

Full career not yet synced for John Phillips — 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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

613.38/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
941.72/min · norm 3.25
663.66/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2204.03/min · norm 3.20
56.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
34.3%norm 47.4%
54.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.55/15 · norm 0.32

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

Charles Byrd

Distance 63.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 19.4% (norm 10.3%)

John Phillips

Distance 89.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Charles Byrd

Head 90.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

John Phillips

Head 72.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Byrd L/AAccMiddleweight med Phillips L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 68 48.5% 40.5% 81 / 245 33.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 10 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.1% 3 / 8 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 53 / 98 54.1% 38.9% 42 / 198 21.2% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 71.7% 27 / 47 57.4% 71.7%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 83.3% 25 / 29 86.2% 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 Byrd L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Phillips L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 97 30.9% 39.5% 131 / 317 41.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 26 / 30 86.7% 70.9% 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 10 / 19 too few to rate 69.0% 78 / 105 74.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 127 39.4% 37.9% 156 / 357 43.7% 37.9%
To the body 15 / 17 too few to rate 71.3% 44 / 54 81.5% 71.3%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.1% 20 / 23 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 1.66/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
17.7% def · norm 63.1%
8:3347.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
1:272.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
2:542:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
26:207:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.83/15 · 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 — Phillips has more cage time on record.