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Brendon Marotte vs.
Terrance McKinney

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

0-2-0 Brendon Marotte · UFC
8-6-0 Terrance McKinney · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
8-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30.6
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
31.9
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
22.9
Layoff (months)Δ 22 mo
0.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Terrance McKinney carries real power — 1.31 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Terrance McKinney is a submission threat — 2.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Brendon Marotte's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight 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.

Brendon Marotte

Full career not yet synced for Brendon Marotte — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Terrance McKinney

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

40.41/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2747.95/min · norm 3.42
555.70/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1644.76/min · norm 3.37
50.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
55.8%norm 43.5%
28.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
41.6%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
31.31/15 · norm 0.25

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

Brendon Marotte

Distance 87.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 6.5%)

Terrance McKinney

Distance 60.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 30.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Brendon Marotte

Head 75.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 7.8%)

Terrance McKinney

Head 90.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Marotte L/AAccFeatherweight med McKinney L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 7 too few to rate 40.9% 128 / 297 43.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8% 32 / 43 74.4% 67.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 114 / 151 75.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 6 too few to rate 37.2% 239 / 444 53.8% 35.0%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.2% 35 / 46 76.1% 69.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 80.7% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Marotte L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs McKinney L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 5 too few to rate 39.2% 104 / 201 51.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.3% 19 / 24 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 52 / 71 73.2% 69.4% 41 / 56 73.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 77 71.4% 35.9% 102 / 203 50.2% 35.1%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.9% 44 / 56 78.6% 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5% 18 / 22 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.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
746.7% acc · 3.05/15 · norm 1.38
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 64.0%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
15:3345.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
9:2714:41 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:351:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
52.18/15 · norm 0.49

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

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