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Drew McFedries vs.
Marvin Eastman

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

4-5-0 Drew McFedries · UFC
1-4-0 Marvin Eastman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 7.2 yrs
55.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
202.5
Layoff (months)Δ 15 mo
217.5
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Drew McFedries carries real power — 4.27 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Marvin Eastman is wasteful with strikes at range — only 15% land, vs a 41% Light Heavyweight norm.
Drew McFedries outworks the Middleweight division — 5.13 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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 McFedries

Full career not yet synced for Drew McFedries — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Marvin Eastman

Full career not yet synced for Marvin Eastman — 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 +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1085.13/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
692.18/min · norm 3.41
964.56/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1243.92/min · norm 3.35
51.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 48.3%
52.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
42.1%norm 52.9%
64.27/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Drew McFedries

Distance 65.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.2% (norm 10.3%)

Marvin Eastman

Distance 67.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 32.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Drew McFedries

Head 86.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Marvin Eastman

Head 78.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McFedries L/AAccMiddleweight med Eastman L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 139 41.0% 40.5% 20 / 134 14.9% 41.4%
In the clinch 26 / 40 65.0% 70.3% 49 / 65 75.4% 70.9%
On the ground 25 / 32 78.1% 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 182 46.2% 38.9% 31 / 156 19.9% 38.9%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 71.7% 20 / 21 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 11 / 14 too few to rate 83.3% 18 / 22 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light 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 McFedries L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Eastman L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 135 38.5% 39.5% 25 / 95 26.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 31 / 49 63.3% 70.9% 91 / 109 83.5% 68.7%
On the ground 13 / 18 too few to rate 69.0% 8 / 10 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 175 44.0% 37.9% 66 / 151 43.7% 37.5%
To the body 11 / 18 too few to rate 71.3% 41 / 45 91.1% 72.3%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 17 / 18 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2100.0% acc · 1.42/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 0.87
956.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
981.8% def · norm 66.7%
1:024.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
4:5715.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
7:235:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
6:453:12 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.71/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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