Gil Castillo vs. Chris Brennan

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
60
AgeΔ 6 yrs
54
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
284.5
Layoff (months)Δ 10.3 mo
294.8
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gil Castillo owns the mat — in control 55% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Gil Castillo hunts takedowns — 3.33 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Chris Brennan is a submission threat — 1.25 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Gil Castillo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Chris Brennan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1912

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.03 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 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

270.60/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
100.42/min · norm 3.42
1002.22/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
230.96/min · norm 3.37
45.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
30.3%norm 43.5%
44.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Gil Castillo

Distance 53.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 43.3% (norm 8.1%)

Chris Brennan

Distance 78.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Gil Castillo

Head 90.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Brennan

Head 66.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Castillo L/AAccWelterweight med Brennan L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 13 / 32 40.6% 38.6% 4 / 26 15.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8% 5 / 6 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 12 / 26 46.2% 67.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 22 / 54 40.7% 37.2% 3 / 22 too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.7% 5 / 7 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.9% 2 / 4 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Castillo L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Brennan L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 84 36.9% 39.0% 8 / 14 too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 34 / 47 72.3% 68.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 35 / 49 71.4% 68.0% 15 / 33 45.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 54 / 124 43.5% 35.6% 20 / 42 47.6% 35.1%
To the body 26 / 29 89.7% 69.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 20 / 27 74.1% 82.1% 2 / 3 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1045.5% acc · 3.33/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.38
250.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
24:4154.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:091.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:074:02 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
13:038:08 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
21.25/15 · norm 0.49

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