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Clint Hester vs.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima

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

4-3-0 Clint Hester · UFC
11-7-0 Marcos Rogerio de Lima · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
11-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
39.7
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
41.1
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
123.4
Layoff (months)Δ 93.8 mo
29.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Clint Hester carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight 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.

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2483.36/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3753.64/min · norm 3.36
2543.44/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2522.45/min · norm 3.19
42.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
59.6%norm 47.8%
56.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 52.5%
30.61/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
71.02/15 · norm 0.28

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

Clint Hester

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)

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

Clint Hester

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hester L/AAccMiddleweight med Lima L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 191 / 497 38.4% 40.5% 250 / 461 54.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 23 / 34 67.6% 70.3% 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 69.1% 88 / 119 73.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 490 36.5% 38.9% 219 / 435 50.3% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 54 77.8% 71.7% 65 / 87 74.7% 76.8%
To the legs 27 / 35 77.1% 83.3% 91 / 107 85.0% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Hester L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Lima L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 451 33.9% 39.5% 192 / 443 43.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 8 / 18 too few to rate 70.9% 28 / 34 82.4% 70.6%
On the ground 93 / 120 77.5% 69.0% 32 / 53 60.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 510 38.0% 37.9% 186 / 442 42.1% 38.8%
To the body 30 / 39 76.9% 71.3% 45 / 62 72.6% 75.1%
To the legs 30 / 40 75.0% 82.1% 21 / 26 80.8% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

535.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1145.8% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 0.95
1560.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1266.7% def · norm 64.3%
12:5117.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
45:4944.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
22:274:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
17:242:32 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.58/15 · norm 0.16

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

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