Charlie Brenneman vs. Johny Hendricks

UFC 4-7-0 vs. 13-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-7-0
UFC record
13-8-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 3 yrs
42
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
141
Layoff (months)Δ 35.9 mo
105.1
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charlie Brenneman owns the mat — in control 62% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Charlie Brenneman hunts takedowns — 4.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Johny Hendricks hunts takedowns — 3.67 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charlie Brenneman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Johny Hendricks

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 138
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1291.52/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8853.55/min · norm 3.17
1321.55/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
9793.93/min · norm 3.06
56.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 44.9%
47.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.36/15 · norm 0.38

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

Charlie Brenneman

Distance 44.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 39.5% (norm 8.1%)

Johny Hendricks

Distance 79.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Charlie Brenneman

Head 62.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 25.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Johny Hendricks

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brenneman L/AAccWelterweight med Hendricks L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 101 30.7% 38.6% 605 / 1542 39.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 18 / 37 48.6% 67.8% 208 / 297 70.0% 67.8%
On the ground 80 / 90 88.9% 67.2% 72 / 99 72.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 142 35.9% 37.2% 584 / 1577 37.0% 37.2%
To the body 52 / 58 89.7% 70.7% 77 / 105 73.3% 70.7%
To the legs 26 / 28 92.9% 82.9% 224 / 256 87.5% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Brenneman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Hendricks L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 155 39.4% 39.0% 720 / 1736 41.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 41 65.9% 68.9% 189 / 286 66.1% 68.9%
On the ground 44 / 53 83.0% 68.0% 70 / 78 89.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 175 44.0% 35.6% 620 / 1627 38.1% 35.6%
To the body 38 / 50 76.0% 69.6% 256 / 349 73.4% 69.6%
To the legs 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.1% 103 / 124 83.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2442.1% acc · 4.23/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
6150.0% acc · 3.67/15 · norm 1.27
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2767.5% def · norm 63.9%
52:3661.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
80:1832.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:122:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
21:291:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
60.36/15 · norm 0.45

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