Dustin Neace vs. Bryan Caraway

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 3 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Stance
Orthodox
176.1
Layoff (months)Δ 83.9 mo
92.2
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dustin Neace is a submission threat — 1.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Bryan Caraway is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Bryan Caraway hunts takedowns — 2.38 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dustin Neace

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2519

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.1 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 48 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Bryan Caraway

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 3 — regional circuit 165

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

182.08/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3092.59/min · norm 3.52
232.66/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4613.86/min · norm 3.58
32.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
34.5%norm 43.4%
56.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Dustin Neace

Distance 92.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 6.5%)

Bryan Caraway

Distance 90.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dustin Neace

Head 85.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.8%)

Bryan Caraway

Head 90.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Neace L/AAccFeatherweight med Caraway L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 51 29.4% 40.9% 269 / 808 33.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 33 / 76 43.4% 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.2% 7 / 11 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 47 21.3% 37.2% 248 / 806 30.8% 34.9%
To the body 4 / 4 too few to rate 68.2% 32 / 52 61.5% 66.8%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 80.7% 29 / 37 78.4% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Neace L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Caraway L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 22 / 52 42.3% 39.2% 358 / 846 42.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 86 / 139 61.9% 70.4%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.4% 17 / 26 65.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 41 31.7% 35.9% 289 / 803 36.0% 34.9%
To the body 2 / 4 too few to rate 67.9% 100 / 128 78.1% 66.0%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 72 / 80 90.0% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1921.3% acc · 2.38/15 · norm 1.12
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1676.2% def · norm 66.7%
0:5510.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
37:1031.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
3:045:19 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:581:22 per 15 · norm 2:24
11.74/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
60.75/15 · norm 0.28

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