Dennis Bermudez vs. Matt Grice

UFC 10-7-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-7-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 6 yrs
45
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
90.6
Layoff (months)Δ 70.8 mo
161.4
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Matt Grice carries real power — 0.73 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Matt Grice owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dennis Bermudez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Matt Grice

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8704.42/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2524.09/min · norm 3.42
6053.07/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1662.69/min · norm 3.37
46.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.4%norm 43.5%
59.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 56.3%
50.38/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.73/15 · norm 0.25

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

Dennis Bermudez

Distance 66.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

Matt Grice

Distance 36.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Dennis Bermudez

Head 80.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Matt Grice

Head 83.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bermudez L/AAccFeatherweight med Grice L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.9% 68 / 173 39.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 159 / 257 61.9% 70.8% 59 / 100 59.0% 67.3%
On the ground 250 / 376 66.5% 69.2% 125 / 199 62.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.2% 196 / 394 49.7% 35.0%
To the body 127 / 194 65.5% 68.2% 33 / 44 75.0% 69.1%
To the legs 160 / 182 87.9% 80.7% 23 / 34 67.6% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Bermudez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Grice L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.2% 67 / 231 29.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3% 49 / 80 61.2% 68.6%
On the ground 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4% 50 / 67 74.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9% 120 / 307 39.1% 35.1%
To the body 125 / 180 69.4% 67.9% 23 / 40 57.5% 68.1%
To the legs 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5% 23 / 31 74.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
937.5% acc · 2.19/15 · norm 1.38
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1482.4% def · norm 64.0%
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
30:3949.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:552:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
141.07/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.49/15 · norm 0.49

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