Jordan Griffin vs. TJ Brown

UFC 1-4-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-4-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 0 yrs
36
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
63.9
Layoff (months)Δ 30.1 mo
33.8
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jordan Griffin is a submission threat — 1.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
TJ Brown is a submission threat — 1.33 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
TJ Brown hunts takedowns — 3.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jordan Griffin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 146

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.51 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

TJ Brown

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1692.46/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3423.37/min · norm 3.54
2042.97/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3143.10/min · norm 3.47
47.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 45.0%
50.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jordan Griffin

Distance 81.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 14.6% (norm 6.5%)

TJ Brown

Distance 88.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jordan Griffin

Head 92.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.8%)

TJ Brown

Head 83.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Griffin L/AAccFeatherweight med Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 290 43.8% 40.9% 270 / 687 39.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.8% 42 / 52 80.8% 70.8%
On the ground 31 / 52 59.6% 69.2% 30 / 35 85.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 146 / 327 44.6% 37.2% 246 / 643 38.3% 37.2%
To the body 21 / 25 84.0% 68.2% 69 / 95 72.6% 68.2%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 80.7% 27 / 36 75.0% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Griffin L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 126 / 310 40.6% 39.2% 246 / 535 46.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 32 / 35 91.4% 70.3% 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 46 / 68 67.6% 69.4% 49 / 63 77.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 338 45.3% 35.9% 200 / 480 41.7% 35.9%
To the body 33 / 50 66.0% 67.9% 45 / 62 72.6% 67.9%
To the legs 18 / 25 72.0% 81.5% 69 / 77 89.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
736.8% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2155.3% acc · 3.11/15 · norm 1.19
842.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
832.0% def · norm 61.5%
18:5327.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
31:3431.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
29:426:29 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
30:284:30 per 15 · norm 3:12
81.75/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
91.33/15 · norm 0.46

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