Devin Clark vs.
Alex Nicholson
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.
Devin Clark
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 9 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 4 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 2 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Alex Nicholson
Full career not yet synced for Alex Nicholson — 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 +0.8 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)
Devin Clark
Distance 67.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 10.4%)
Alex Nicholson
Distance 94.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Devin Clark
Head 70.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 9.7%)
Alex Nicholson
Head 75.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Clark L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Nicholson L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 306 / 736 | 41.6% | 41.4% | 109 / 254 | 42.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 182 / 231 | 78.8% | 70.9% | 5 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 100 / 118 | 84.7% | 72.3% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 328 / 767 | 42.8% | 38.9% | 67 / 201 | 33.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 160 / 195 | 82.1% | 71.9% | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 100 / 123 | 81.3% | 81.8% | 27 / 31 | 87.1% | 83.3% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Clark L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Nicholson L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 269 / 656 | 41.0% | 40.4% | 89 / 190 | 46.8% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 242 / 311 | 77.8% | 68.7% | 16 / 27 | 59.3% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 117 / 155 | 75.5% | 70.4% | 27 / 33 | 81.8% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 368 / 815 | 45.2% | 37.5% | 92 / 200 | 46.0% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 183 / 219 | 83.6% | 72.3% | 26 / 33 | 78.8% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 77 / 88 | 87.5% | 83.0% | 14 / 17 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Clark has more cage time on record.