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Alex Garcia vs.
Ben Wall

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

5-5-0 Alex Garcia · UFC
0-2-0 Ben Wall · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-5-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39.1
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
37.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
93.3
Layoff (months)Δ 53.6 mo
146.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Alex Garcia hunts takedowns — 3.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Ben Wall absorbs 8.53 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Ben Wall rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Alex Garcia

Full career not yet synced for Alex Garcia — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Ben Wall

Full career not yet synced for Ben Wall — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2121.81/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
51.47/min · norm 3.42
3553.03/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
298.53/min · norm 3.37
31.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
29.4%norm 43.5%
59.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
29.3%norm 56.3%
30.38/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Alex Garcia

Distance 86.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 8.1%)

Ben Wall

Distance 82.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Alex Garcia

Head 91.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 1.8% (norm 8.4%)

Ben Wall

Head 76.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Garcia L/AAccWelterweight med Wall L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 582 27.5% 38.6% 2 / 14 too few to rate 37.9%
In the clinch 30 / 50 60.0% 67.8% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 22 / 44 50.0% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 176 / 620 28.4% 37.2% 3 / 13 too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 25 / 44 56.8% 70.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 0 / 1 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Garcia L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Wall L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 266 / 741 35.9% 39.0% 15 / 26 57.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 39 / 64 60.9% 68.9% 7 / 8 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 50 / 65 76.9% 68.0% 7 / 7 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 687 31.4% 35.6% 19 / 31 61.3% 35.1%
To the body 78 / 118 66.1% 69.6% 6 / 6 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 61 / 65 93.8% 82.1% 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2952.7% acc · 3.72/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
1466.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6100.0% def · norm 64.0%
32:3327.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
18:222:21 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:443:14 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.13/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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