BOUTSCOUT
Matchup deep-dive

Christian Morecraft vs.
Sean McCorkle

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

1-3-0 Christian Morecraft · UFC
1-2-0 Sean McCorkle · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
39.9
AgeΔ 10.2 yrs
50.1
6'6"
HeightΔ 1"
6'7"
81"
ReachΔ 0"
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
174.5
Layoff (months)Δ 9.9 mo
184.4
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
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.

Sean McCorkle is a submission threat — 4.25 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Christian Morecraft is a submission threat — 2.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Christian Morecraft hunts takedowns — 3.26 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Christian Morecraft

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Sean McCorkle

Full career not yet synced for Sean McCorkle — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

782.82/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
120.85/min · norm 3.36
682.46/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
352.48/min · norm 3.19
34.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 47.8%
46.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.1%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Christian Morecraft

Distance 61.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 35.7% (norm 9.3%)

Sean McCorkle

Distance 55.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 40.7% (norm 9.3%)

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

Christian Morecraft

Head 91.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.6%)

Sean McCorkle

Head 92.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Morecraft L/AAccHeavyweight med McCorkle L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 139 18.7% 40.1% 5 / 15 too few to rate 40.1%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 47 / 81 58.0% 70.2% 7 / 11 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 208 30.8% 38.9% 10 / 25 40.0% 38.9%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 76.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 7 / 9 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 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 Morecraft L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs McCorkle L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 105 48.6% 40.7% 6 / 28 21.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.6% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 72.0% 26 / 41 63.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 104 49.0% 38.8% 29 / 67 43.3% 38.8%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 75.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 14 / 18 too few to rate 84.4% 3 / 3 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

666.7% acc · 3.26/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 0.95
150.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
133.3% def · norm 64.3%
14:0050.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
4:2631.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
2:431:28 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
6:567:21 per 15 · norm 2:28
42.17/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
44.25/15 · norm 0.16

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

Next move

Let the engine settle it.