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Austin Hubbard vs.
Mark Madsen

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

4-8-0 Austin Hubbard · UFC
4-2-0 Mark Madsen · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-8-0
UFC record
4-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34.6
AgeΔ 7.3 yrs
41.9
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
11.4
Layoff (months)Δ 21.4 mo
32.8
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Mark Madsen hunts takedowns — 2.86 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Mark Madsen owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 20% 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.

Austin Hubbard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Mark Madsen

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6223.97/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2243.56/min · norm 3.42
6414.10/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2503.97/min · norm 3.37
42.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 43.5%
55.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Austin Hubbard

Distance 92.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 8.0%)

Mark Madsen

Distance 78.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Austin Hubbard

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 7.9%)

Mark Madsen

Head 86.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hubbard L/AAccLightweight med Madsen L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 548 / 1363 40.2% 37.9% 144 / 354 40.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 40 / 70 57.1% 67.3% 44 / 51 86.3% 67.3%
On the ground 34 / 47 72.3% 69.1% 36 / 48 75.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 326 / 1044 31.2% 35.0% 167 / 390 42.8% 35.0%
To the body 176 / 295 59.7% 69.1% 33 / 38 86.8% 69.1%
To the legs 120 / 141 85.1% 81.9% 24 / 25 96.0% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Hubbard L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Madsen L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 560 / 1330 42.1% 38.9% 201 / 465 43.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 45 / 57 78.9% 68.6% 33 / 40 82.5% 68.6%
On the ground 36 / 43 83.7% 68.0% 16 / 21 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 376 / 1070 35.1% 35.1% 131 / 376 34.8% 35.1%
To the body 117 / 184 63.6% 68.1% 44 / 69 63.8% 68.1%
To the legs 148 / 176 84.1% 81.5% 75 / 81 92.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1728.8% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1266.7% acc · 2.86/15 · norm 1.38
3068.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 64.0%
27:1917.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
16:2426.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
25:352:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
10:382:31 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.10/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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