Cathal Pendred vs. Mike King
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Cathal Pendred
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 5 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Mike King
Full career not yet synced for Mike King — 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
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Cathal Pendred
Distance 87.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 8.1%)
Mike King
Distance 55.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 36.9% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Cathal Pendred
Head 60.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 25.8% (norm 8.0%)
Mike King
Head 90.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pendred L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | King L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 141 / 354 | 39.8% | 38.5% | 17 / 36 | 47.2% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 40 / 50 | 80.0% | 67.8% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.0% | 16 / 24 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 55 / 245 | 22.4% | 36.4% | 33 / 59 | 55.9% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 38 / 57 | 66.7% | 70.7% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 89 / 105 | 84.8% | 83.0% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 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: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Pendred L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs King L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 168 / 410 | 41.0% | 39.1% | 9 / 37 | 24.3% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 33 / 54 | 61.1% | 68.9% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 19 / 31 | 61.3% | 68.0% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 165 / 408 | 40.4% | 35.6% | 7 / 33 | 21.2% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 31 / 58 | 53.4% | 69.6% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 24 / 29 | 82.8% | 82.2% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pendred has more cage time on record.