Jimmie Rivera vs. Marcus Brimage

UFC 7-4-0 vs. 4-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-4-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
37
AgeΔ 4 yrs
41
5'4"
HeightΔ 0"
5'4"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
65.3
Layoff (months)Δ 67.4 mo
132.7
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcus Brimage rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Marcus Brimage is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 50% land, vs a 69% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jimmie Rivera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Marcus Brimage

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 34

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5524.03/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3193.97/min · norm 3.52
5353.90/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2933.64/min · norm 3.58
40.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 43.4%
60.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 56.6%
30.33/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.37/15 · norm 0.30

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

Jimmie Rivera

Distance 93.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

Marcus Brimage

Distance 95.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jimmie Rivera

Head 73.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 8.4%)

Marcus Brimage

Head 73.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rivera L/AAccBantamweight med Brimage L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 485 / 1273 38.1% 39.0% 299 / 853 35.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 54 / 78 69.2% 68.7% 18 / 36 50.0% 68.7%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.2% 2 / 7 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 1001 29.8% 34.9% 175 / 654 26.8% 34.9%
To the body 114 / 194 58.8% 66.8% 83 / 158 52.5% 66.8%
To the legs 140 / 173 80.9% 79.4% 61 / 84 72.6% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Rivera L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Brimage L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1246 37.0% 39.3% 249 / 621 40.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 64 / 79 81.0% 70.4% 23 / 28 82.1% 70.4%
On the ground 10 / 17 too few to rate 72.4% 21 / 27 77.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 251 / 955 26.3% 34.9% 217 / 574 37.8% 34.9%
To the body 147 / 219 67.1% 66.0% 51 / 65 78.5% 66.0%
To the legs 137 / 168 81.5% 79.1% 25 / 37 67.6% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
827.6% acc · 0.88/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.12
2592.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2480.0% def · norm 66.7%
9:447.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
1:482.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
8:180:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
8:121:31 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.11/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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