Daniel Marcos vs.
Miles Johns
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.
Daniel Marcos
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.49 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Miles Johns
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 5 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 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)
Daniel Marcos
Distance 89.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 6.5%)
Miles Johns
Distance 95.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Daniel Marcos
Head 70.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 8.4%)
Miles Johns
Head 87.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Marcos L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Johns L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 341 / 663 | 51.4% | 39.0% | 475 / 1109 | 42.8% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 58 / 66 | 87.9% | 68.7% | 23 / 41 | 56.1% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 253 / 519 | 48.7% | 34.9% | 387 / 1016 | 38.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 81 / 130 | 62.3% | 66.8% | 62 / 85 | 72.9% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 76 / 92 | 82.6% | 79.4% | 55 / 61 | 90.2% | 79.4% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Marcos L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Johns L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 326 / 784 | 41.6% | 39.3% | 390 / 1293 | 30.2% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 46 / 63 | 73.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 19 / 27 | 70.4% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 179 / 579 | 30.9% | 34.9% | 294 / 1090 | 27.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 61 / 108 | 56.5% | 66.0% | 93 / 173 | 53.8% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 95 / 119 | 79.8% | 79.1% | 68 / 120 | 56.7% | 79.1% |
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 — Johns has more cage time on record.