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Anthony Rocco Martin vs.
Neil Magny

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

9-6-0 Anthony Rocco Martin · UFC
24-13-0 Neil Magny · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
24-13-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36.7
AgeΔ 2.3 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
74
Layoff (months)Δ 66.2 mo
7.8
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL
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.

Anthony Rocco Martin is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Neil Magny hunts takedowns — 2.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Anthony Rocco Martin rarely shoots — 0.71 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.

Anthony Rocco Martin

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

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Neil Magny

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2413
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-10 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

5112.68/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
15063.40/min · norm 3.17
4942.59/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
10802.44/min · norm 3.06
37.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 44.9%
58.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.8%norm 55.25%
20.16/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.07/15 · norm 0.38

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

Anthony Rocco Martin

Distance 91.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)

Neil Magny

Distance 74.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Anthony Rocco Martin

Head 87.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 7.9%)

Neil Magny

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martin L/AAccLightweight med Magny L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 428 / 1254 34.1% 37.9% 883 / 2407 36.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 42 / 64 65.6% 67.3% 270 / 354 76.3% 67.8%
On the ground 41 / 56 73.2% 69.1% 353 / 451 78.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 371 / 1202 30.9% 35.0% 1067 / 2629 40.6% 37.2%
To the body 47 / 62 75.8% 69.1% 282 / 374 75.4% 70.7%
To the legs 93 / 110 84.5% 81.9% 157 / 209 75.1% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Martin L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Magny L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 415 / 1086 38.2% 38.9% 778 / 1776 43.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 69 / 84 82.1% 68.6% 98 / 171 57.3% 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 14 too few to rate 68.0% 204 / 293 69.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 228 / 821 27.8% 35.1% 626 / 1674 37.4% 35.6%
To the body 151 / 211 71.6% 68.1% 164 / 241 68.0% 69.6%
To the legs 115 / 152 75.7% 81.5% 290 / 325 89.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

927.3% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
6439.8% acc · 2.17/15 · norm 1.27
3368.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
6255.4% def · norm 63.9%
48:2925.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
94:3821.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
26:512:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
141:524:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
131.02/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
80.27/15 · norm 0.45

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

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