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Drew Dober vs.
Marco Polo Reyes

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

15-11-0 (1 NC) Drew Dober · UFC
4-4-0 Marco Polo Reyes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-11-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37.8
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
41.7
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 77.5 mo
82.5
WWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Marco Polo Reyes carries real power — 1.71 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Drew Dober carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Marco Polo Reyes rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Drew Dober

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1611
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Marco Polo Reyes

Full career not yet synced for Marco Polo Reyes — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9944.48/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2646.00/min · norm 3.42
9604.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2435.52/min · norm 3.37
41.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 43.5%
53.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.3%
100.68/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
51.71/15 · norm 0.25

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

Drew Dober

Distance 87.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 8.0%)

Marco Polo Reyes

Distance 89.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Drew Dober

Head 79.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)

Marco Polo Reyes

Head 79.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dober L/AAccLightweight med Reyes L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 790 / 2128 37.1% 37.9% 215 / 634 33.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 111 / 170 65.3% 67.3% 23 / 39 59.0% 67.3%
On the ground 93 / 125 74.4% 69.1% 26 / 35 74.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 628 / 1922 32.7% 35.0% 166 / 565 29.4% 35.0%
To the body 225 / 326 69.0% 69.1% 66 / 100 66.0% 69.1%
To the legs 141 / 175 80.6% 81.9% 32 / 43 74.4% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Dober L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Reyes L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 771 / 1793 43.0% 38.9% 168 / 495 33.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 87 / 121 71.9% 68.6% 37 / 53 69.8% 68.6%
On the ground 102 / 132 77.3% 68.0% 38 / 55 69.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 681 / 1668 40.8% 35.1% 189 / 529 35.7% 35.1%
To the body 197 / 279 70.6% 68.1% 33 / 51 64.7% 68.1%
To the legs 82 / 99 82.8% 81.5% 21 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

917.0% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
3958.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 64.0%
29:1913.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:599.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
49:013:18 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
7:012:23 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.07/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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