Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic

UFC 7-6-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-6-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
6'6"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 2"
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
182.4
Layoff (months)Δ 6.4 mo
188.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kendall Grove is a submission threat — 2.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Goran Reljic is a submission threat — 1.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Goran Reljic hunts takedowns — 1.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kendall Grove

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1011
Tier 3 — regional circuit 148

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Goran Reljic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 177

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2632.14/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
901.69/min · norm 3.41
2682.18/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1432.69/min · norm 3.35
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
37.0%norm 48.3%
47.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 52.9%
20.24/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.28/15 · norm 0.40

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

Kendall Grove

Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 28.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 10.3%)

Goran Reljic

Distance 82.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 13.2% (norm 10.4%)

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

Kendall Grove

Head 79.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Goran Reljic

Head 74.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grove L/AAccMiddleweight med Reljic L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 344 24.7% 40.5% 71 / 200 35.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 129 / 167 77.2% 70.3% 4 / 11 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 69.1% 15 / 32 46.9% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 163 / 464 35.1% 38.9% 50 / 181 27.6% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 82 87.8% 71.7% 28 / 39 71.8% 71.9%
To the legs 28 / 40 70.0% 83.3% 12 / 23 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Grove L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Reljic L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 221 37.1% 39.5% 69 / 225 30.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 46 / 64 71.9% 70.9% 40 / 54 74.1% 68.7%
On the ground 140 / 227 61.7% 69.0% 34 / 70 48.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 386 41.5% 37.9% 86 / 274 31.4% 37.5%
To the body 72 / 84 85.7% 71.3% 30 / 40 75.0% 72.3%
To the legs 36 / 42 85.7% 82.1% 27 / 35 77.1% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
562.5% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
650.0% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 0.87
5159.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 66.7%
18:2214.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:3829.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
67:198:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:003:22 per 15 · norm 2:48
172.07/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
41.13/15 · norm 0.27

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