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Grant Dawson vs. Michael Trizano

UFC 13-2-1 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-2-1
UFC record
4-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Switch11-1 vs orthodox fighters
Stance
Orthodox0-1 vs switch-stance fighters
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 47.3 mo
47.7
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Grant Dawson has owned orthodox fighters — 11-1 in the UFC (2-1 vs everyone else), and Michael Trizano is orthodox.
Grant Dawson owns the mat — in control 63% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Grant Dawson hunts takedowns — 3.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Grant Dawson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 132
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.65 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Michael Trizano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6233.37/min · norm 3.43
Sig. strikes landed
3023.63/min · norm 3.52
4392.38/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3664.40/min · norm 3.54
51.1%norm 43.7%
Striking accuracy
53.5%norm 44.8%
44.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.6%norm 54.8%
10.08/15 · norm 0.23
Knockdowns
30.54/15 · norm 0.28

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

Grant Dawson

Distance 67.0% (norm 83.0%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.1%) · Ground 26.8% (norm 8.0%)

Michael Trizano

Distance 87.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.4%)

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

Grant Dawson

Head 78.2% (norm 78.1%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.0%)

Michael Trizano

Head 68.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dawson L/AAccLightweight med Trizano L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 337 / 817 41.2% 38.4% 248 / 496 50.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 59 / 76 77.6% 67.5% 33 / 41 80.5% 70.5%
On the ground 227 / 327 69.4% 69.1% 21 / 27 77.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 433 / 954 45.4% 35.3% 159 / 384 41.4% 37.2%
To the body 116 / 179 64.8% 69.2% 74 / 108 68.5% 68.4%
To the legs 74 / 87 85.1% 81.8% 69 / 72 95.8% 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 (Lightweight: 205 fighters · Featherweight: 129 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 Dawson L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Trizano L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 333 / 650 51.2% 38.9% 308 / 660 46.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 48 / 55 87.3% 68.6% 35 / 44 79.5% 70.3%
On the ground 58 / 79 73.4% 68.2% 23 / 37 62.2% 69.5%
BY TARGET
To the head 297 / 597 49.7% 35.2% 158 / 477 33.1% 35.9%
To the body 97 / 134 72.4% 68.2% 118 / 162 72.8% 68.1%
To the legs 45 / 53 84.9% 81.5% 90 / 102 88.2% 81.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4641.1% acc · 3.74/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.17
866.7% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
2472.7% def · norm 61.5%
116:4463.2% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
10:5813.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
13:311:05 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
22:063:59 per 15 · norm 3:11
151.22/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
30.54/15 · norm 0.44

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