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Anthony Romero vs. Marcus McGhee

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 6-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
6-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
—
Age
36
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcus McGhee carries real power — 1.11 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Anthony Romero hunts takedowns — 3.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Anthony Romero absorbs 6.85 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Anthony Romero

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500

Marcus McGhee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

132.62/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3765.54/min · norm 3.52
346.85/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2423.57/min · norm 3.58
35.1%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 43.5%
54.7%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
51.11/15 · norm 0.29

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

Anthony Romero

Distance 94.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)

Marcus McGhee

Distance 92.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 6.4%)

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

Anthony Romero

Head 83.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.9%)

Marcus McGhee

Head 80.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Romero L/AAccFeatherweight med McGhee L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 13 / 35 37.1% 40.5% 335 / 798 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.5% 10 / 16 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 0 / 2 too few to rate 69.3% 31 / 45 68.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 31 25.8% 37.1% 265 / 693 38.2% 35.3%
To the body 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.0% 61 / 94 64.9% 66.9%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 80.3% 50 / 72 69.4% 79.2%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Romero L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs McGhee L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 43 32.6% 39.3% 215 / 523 41.1% 39.4%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 27 / 38 71.1% 70.6%
On the ground 20 / 32 62.5% 69.4% 0 / 2 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 63 38.1% 35.9% 144 / 419 34.4% 34.9%
To the body 6 / 8 too few to rate 68.0% 48 / 77 62.3% 66.1%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 50 / 67 74.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 3.02/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
111.1% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.12
0— def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
981.8% def · norm 65.7%
0:041.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:545.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
1:013:04 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
5:191:10 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.22/15 · norm 0.28

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