Caio Machado vs.
Mick Parkin
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Caio Machado
Full career not yet synced for Caio Machado — 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 -0.7 wins over .500
Mick Parkin
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Caio Machado
Distance 97.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 9.3%)
Mick Parkin
Distance 92.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Caio Machado
Head 65.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 22.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 7.6%)
Mick Parkin
Head 78.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Machado L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Parkin L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 219 / 463 | 47.3% | 40.1% | 274 / 554 | 49.5% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 12 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 14 / 32 | 43.8% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 98 / 312 | 31.4% | 38.9% | 183 / 470 | 38.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 82 / 106 | 77.4% | 76.8% | 23 / 30 | 76.7% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 48 / 57 | 84.2% | 87.8% | 94 / 101 | 93.1% | 87.8% |
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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Machado L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Parkin L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 150 / 403 | 37.2% | 40.7% | 239 / 609 | 39.2% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 100 / 324 | 30.9% | 38.8% | 129 / 466 | 27.7% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 36 / 57 | 63.2% | 75.1% | 90 / 129 | 69.8% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 19 / 31 | 61.3% | 84.4% | 35 / 36 | 97.2% | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Parkin has more cage time on record.