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Bristol Marunde vs.
Clint Hester

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 Bristol Marunde · UFC
4-3-0 Clint Hester · 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
4-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
44
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
156.1
Layoff (months)Δ 32.7 mo
123.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Bristol Marunde hunts takedowns — 2.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Clint Hester carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Bristol Marunde absorbs 5.04 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
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.

Bristol Marunde

Full career not yet synced for Bristol Marunde — 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

Clint Hester

Full career not yet synced for Clint Hester — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

211.36/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2483.36/min · norm 3.25
785.04/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2543.44/min · norm 3.20
21.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 47.4%
51.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.61/15 · norm 0.32

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

Bristol Marunde

Distance 90.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Clint Hester

Distance 85.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Bristol Marunde

Head 95.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 2.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 8.4%)

Clint Hester

Head 84.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Marunde L/AAccWelterweight med Hester L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 89 19.1% 38.6% 191 / 497 38.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.8% 23 / 34 67.6% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 34 / 48 70.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 94 18.1% 37.2% 179 / 490 36.5% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.7% 42 / 54 77.8% 71.7%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.9% 27 / 35 77.1% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Marunde L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Hester L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 48 / 116 41.4% 39.0% 153 / 451 33.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 13 / 20 too few to rate 68.9% 8 / 18 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 68.0% 93 / 120 77.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 59 / 133 44.4% 35.6% 194 / 510 38.0% 37.9%
To the body 10 / 16 too few to rate 69.6% 30 / 39 76.9% 71.3%
To the legs 9 / 12 too few to rate 82.1% 30 / 40 75.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

333.3% acc · 2.91/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
535.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
1100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1560.0% def · norm 63.1%
2:2515.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
12:5117.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
2:172:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
22:274:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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