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Davey Grant

18-8-0
40y·5' 8"·69" reach·Orthodox
1:48
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.54
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
44%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in November 2021, 165 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 16 recorded bouts, 1063 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 40%Body 33%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 6%Ground 5%
And how often each lands
Head29%
Body66%
Legs86%
Distance44%
Clinch64%
Ground70%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

9Wins3 KO · 1 SUB · 5 DEC
7Losses4 SUB · 3 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

4%
Holdsworth
57%
Vera
11%
Stasiak
29%
Bermudez
40%
Popov
17%
Day
1%
Martinez
13%
Vera
1%
Yanez
5%
Smolka
6%
Assuncao
1%
Marcos
0%
Taveras
2%
Blackshear
0%
Jourdain
0%
Martinetti

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.66100%16
R25.94127%14
R36.48139%12

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.58
Strikes absorbed / min4.04
Striking accuracyof everything thrown45%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed54%
Takedowns / 15 min0.95
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land38%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed65%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.62
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 16 bouts11.9m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

43.8%
Landed at range
2,169 thrown over 16 bouts
39.6%
Expected
against these opponents
+4.2pp
Gap
above expected
65.7%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WAdrian Luna MartinettiApr 2026U-DEC0:02 ctrl162 str0 td
Significant strikes
162 of 307 · 53%
Total strikes
164 of 309 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 35%Body 28%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCharles JourdainOct 2025SUB R10:00 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 26 · 35%
Total strikes
9 of 26 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:05
Guillotine Choke From Guard
Target
Head 33%Body 11%Legs 56%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDa'Mon BlackshearJul 2025U-DEC0:19 ctrl66 str0 td
Significant strikes
66 of 130 · 51%
Total strikes
66 of 133 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 26%Body 41%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRamon TaverasDec 2024U-DEC0:00 ctrl147 str0 td
Significant strikes
147 of 290 · 51%
Total strikes
147 of 290 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 34%Body 29%Legs 37%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDaniel MarcosJul 2023S-DEC0:06 ctrl70 str0 td
Significant strikes
70 of 215 · 33%
Total strikes
70 of 215 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 24%Body 39%Legs 37%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRaphael AssuncaoMar 2023SUB R30:52 ctrl65 str0 td
Significant strikes
65 of 138 · 47%
Total strikes
80 of 154 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:52
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:43
Inverted Triangle From Bottom Side Control
Target
Head 43%Body 28%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 6%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WLouis SmolkaMay 2022KO R30:35 ctrl81 str0 td
Significant strikes
81 of 197 · 41%
Total strikes
84 of 200 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:35
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:49
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 44%Body 36%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 7%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
LAdrian YanezNov 2021S-DEC0:10 ctrl98 str0 td
Significant strikes
98 of 273 · 36%
Total strikes
98 of 274 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 41%Body 41%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMarlon VeraJun 2021U-DEC1:54 ctrl83 str1 td
Significant strikes
83 of 168 · 49%
Total strikes
95 of 180 · 53%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 47%Body 39%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 2%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WJonathan MartinezMar 2021KO R20:03 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 110 · 44%
Total strikes
49 of 111 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:03
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 29%Body 40%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 0%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WMartin DayJul 2020KO R32:08 ctrl74 str2 td
Significant strikes
74 of 177 · 42%
Total strikes
87 of 191 · 46%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
2:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:38
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 64%Body 26%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 3%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WGrigory PopovNov 2019S-DEC6:03 ctrl30 str6 td
Significant strikes
30 of 63 · 48%
Total strikes
34 of 70 · 49%
Takedowns
6 of 9 · 67%
Control
6:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 27%Body 40%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 0%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LManny BermudezJul 2018SUB R10:17 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Total strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:59
Triangle Choke On Ground
Target
Head 25%Body 0%Legs 75%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDamian StasiakOct 2016SUB R31:29 ctrl36 str2 td
Significant strikes
36 of 84 · 43%
Total strikes
44 of 93 · 47%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:56
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 64%Body 31%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 36%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarlon VeraFeb 2016U-DEC8:37 ctrl72 str1 td
Significant strikes
72 of 109 · 66%
Total strikes
112 of 154 · 73%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
8:37
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 19%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 46%Clinch 22%Ground 32%
This fight on UFCStats
LChris HoldsworthNov 2013SUB R20:19 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 44 · 41%
Total strikes
19 of 45 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:10
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 22%Body 61%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 72%Clinch 28%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.