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Denzel Freeman vs.
Marek Bujlo

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

1-1-0 Denzel Freeman · UFC
0-1-0 Marek Bujlo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
Age
32.8
Height
Reach
Stance
6.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
8.4
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Marek Bujlo rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Denzel Freeman rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 62% of their strikes at range on Marek Bujlo, vs a 41% Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Denzel Freeman

Full career not yet synced for Denzel Freeman — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Marek Bujlo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 8 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

492.45/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
312.07/min · norm 3.36
683.40/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
493.27/min · norm 3.19
57.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
38.8%norm 47.8%
50.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
38.0%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)

Denzel Freeman

Distance 93.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Marek Bujlo

Distance 98.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 9.3%)

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

Denzel Freeman

Head 58.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 30.2% (norm 7.6%)

Marek Bujlo

Head 27.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 55.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Freeman L/AAccHeavyweight med Bujlo L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 45 / 80 56.2% 40.1% 31 / 79 39.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 50 38.0% 38.9% 3 / 22 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 6 / 10 too few to rate 76.8% 6 / 14 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 24 / 26 92.3% 87.8% 22 / 44 50.0% 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 (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 Freeman L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Bujlo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 48 / 110 43.6% 40.7% 45 / 73 61.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.6% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 16 too few to rate 72.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 70 48.6% 38.8% 19 / 43 44.2% 38.8%
To the body 12 / 23 too few to rate 75.1% 6 / 10 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 22 / 44 50.0% 84.4% 24 / 26 92.3% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
150.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.3%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:283.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
4:153:11 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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