Todd Duffee vs. Philip De Fries

UFC 3-2-0 (1 NC) vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
40
AgeΔ 0 yrs
40
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'5"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
82.8
Layoff (months)Δ 77.3 mo
160.1
NCLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Todd Duffee carries real power — 2.91 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Philip De Fries owns the mat — in control 66% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Philip De Fries hunts takedowns — 3.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Todd Duffee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Philip De Fries

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 263

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1225.93/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
632.30/min · norm 3.36
552.67/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
823.00/min · norm 3.19
37.7%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 47.8%
57.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
37.9%norm 52.5%
42.91/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.55/15 · norm 0.28

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

Todd Duffee

Distance 86.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 9.3%)

Philip De Fries

Distance 61.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.8% (norm 9.3%)

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

Todd Duffee

Head 92.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.6% (norm 7.6%)

Philip De Fries

Head 93.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Duffee L/AAccHeavyweight med Fries L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 281 33.5% 40.1% 27 / 82 32.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 21 / 34 61.8% 70.6% 21 / 26 80.8% 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 15 / 25 60.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 298 34.2% 38.9% 56 / 124 45.2% 38.9%
To the body 18 / 24 too few to rate 76.8% 6 / 8 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Duffee L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Fries L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 97 39.2% 40.7% 31 / 75 41.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 16 / 31 51.6% 70.6% 21 / 26 80.8% 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.0% 30 / 31 96.8% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 123 40.7% 38.8% 48 / 93 51.6% 38.8%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 75.1% 27 / 30 90.0% 75.1%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 84.4% 7 / 9 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
642.9% acc · 3.29/15 · norm 0.95
990.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
3100.0% def · norm 64.3%
2:4113.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
17:5965.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
1:150:54 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:102:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.55/15 · norm 0.16

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