BOUTSCOUT
Matchup deep-dive

Adam Fugitt vs.
Mike Malott

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-4-0 Adam Fugitt · UFC
7-1-0 Mike Malott · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-4-0
UFC record
7-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
6.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.8 mo
3.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Mike Malott carries real power — 0.98 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Adam Fugitt absorbs 5.33 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Adam Fugitt outworks the Welterweight division — 4.88 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Adam Fugitt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Mike Malott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2244.88/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3013.94/min · norm 3.17
2455.33/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2162.83/min · norm 3.06
46.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
52.3%norm 44.9%
51.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.98/15 · norm 0.38

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

Adam Fugitt

Distance 92.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)

Mike Malott

Distance 89.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Adam Fugitt

Head 63.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Mike Malott

Head 73.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fugitt L/AAccWelterweight med Malott L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 201 / 443 45.4% 38.6% 254 / 515 49.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 17 / 25 68.0% 67.8% 5 / 12 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 6 / 11 too few to rate 67.2% 42 / 49 85.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 303 31.0% 37.2% 181 / 423 42.8% 37.2%
To the body 93 / 131 71.0% 70.7% 60 / 84 71.4% 70.7%
To the legs 37 / 45 82.2% 82.9% 60 / 69 87.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Fugitt L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Malott L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 217 / 468 46.4% 39.0% 166 / 429 38.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 17 / 24 too few to rate 68.9% 6 / 18 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 11 / 12 too few to rate 68.0% 44 / 57 77.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 434 42.9% 35.6% 139 / 395 35.2% 35.6%
To the body 36 / 43 83.7% 69.6% 31 / 43 72.1% 69.6%
To the legs 23 / 27 85.2% 82.1% 46 / 66 69.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

522.7% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
857.1% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.27
250.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
5:5012.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
11:5915.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:440:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:390:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.59/15 · norm 0.45

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

Next move

Let the engine settle it.