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Cub Swanson vs. Jonathan Martinez

UFC 16-10-0 vs. 10-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-10-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
42
AgeΔ 10 yrs
32
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
6.3
Layoff (months)Δ 16.8 mo
23.1
WWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jonathan Martinez carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Cub Swanson carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jonathan Martinez rarely shoots — 0.38 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Cub Swanson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 154

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Jonathan Martinez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

16455.30/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
8874.44/min · norm 3.52
13804.44/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8174.09/min · norm 3.58
52.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
49.6%norm 43.5%
58.5%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 56.6%
120.58/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
90.68/15 · norm 0.29

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

Cub Swanson

Distance 88.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 6.5%)

Jonathan Martinez

Distance 88.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 6.4%)

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

Cub Swanson

Head 72.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.9%)

Jonathan Martinez

Head 70.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Swanson L/AAccFeatherweight med Martinez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1363 / 2764 49.3% 40.5% 731 / 1590 46.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 160 / 199 80.4% 70.5% 62 / 74 83.8% 69.0%
On the ground 122 / 166 73.5% 69.3% 94 / 125 75.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 992 / 2281 43.5% 37.1% 494 / 1257 39.3% 35.3%
To the body 323 / 432 74.8% 68.0% 194 / 285 68.1% 66.9%
To the legs 330 / 416 79.3% 80.3% 199 / 247 80.6% 79.2%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Swanson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Martinez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1129 / 2932 38.5% 39.3% 700 / 1741 40.2% 39.4%
In the clinch 127 / 193 65.8% 70.3% 99 / 133 74.4% 70.6%
On the ground 124 / 204 60.8% 69.4% 18 / 25 72.0% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 885 / 2628 33.7% 35.9% 377 / 1361 27.7% 34.9%
To the body 247 / 370 66.8% 68.0% 260 / 345 75.4% 66.1%
To the legs 248 / 331 74.9% 81.5% 180 / 193 93.3% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1451.9% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
535.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.12
8272.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2668.4% def · norm 65.7%
22:527.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
28:0514.1% of cage time · norm 17.8%
58:402:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
18:031:21 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.10/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.28

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