Mike Brown vs. Genki Sudo

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 2-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
50
AgeΔ 2 yrs
48
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
155.7
Layoff (months)Δ 112.5 mo
268.2
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Genki Sudo is a submission threat — 4.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Genki Sudo hunts takedowns — 3.58 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Mike Brown hunts takedowns — 3.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike Brown

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 245

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Genki Sudo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1973.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
391.55/min · norm 3.42
1832.84/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
562.23/min · norm 3.37
55.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.0%norm 43.5%
53.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
33.3%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mike Brown

Distance 53.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 22.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 23.9% (norm 6.5%)

Genki Sudo

Distance 43.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 47.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mike Brown

Head 70.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 7.8%)

Genki Sudo

Head 67.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brown L/AAccFeatherweight med Sudo L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 191 31.4% 40.9% 14 / 43 32.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 67 / 80 83.8% 70.8% 6 / 10 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 70 / 85 82.4% 69.2% 19 / 47 40.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 251 45.0% 37.2% 21 / 67 31.3% 35.0%
To the body 33 / 49 67.3% 68.2% 8 / 14 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 80.7% 10 / 19 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Brown L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Sudo L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 300 39.3% 39.2% 16 / 35 45.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 36 / 52 69.2% 70.3% 19 / 21 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 29 / 41 70.7% 69.4% 21 / 28 75.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 286 34.3% 35.9% 21 / 45 46.7% 35.1%
To the body 53 / 71 74.6% 67.9% 23 / 26 88.5% 68.1%
To the legs 32 / 36 88.9% 81.5% 12 / 13 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1331.0% acc · 3.03/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
660.0% acc · 3.58/15 · norm 1.38
1168.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 64.0%
26:5141.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
10:3041.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:203:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:335:05 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
74.17/15 · norm 0.49

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