Matchup deep-dive

Edgar Garcia vs.
DaMarques Johnson

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

0-4-0 Edgar Garcia · UFC
4-6-0 DaMarques Johnson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
4-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 2 yrs
44
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
127.1
Layoff (months)Δ 39.1 mo
166.2
LLLL
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.

Edgar Garcia hunts takedowns — 2.32 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
DaMarques Johnson's takedown defense leaks — 19% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
DaMarques Johnson is a submission threat — 0.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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.

Edgar Garcia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 05
Tier 3 — regional circuit 140

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

DaMarques Johnson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 129

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.06 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

692.67/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1342.11/min · norm 3.17
1134.37/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2383.75/min · norm 3.06
27.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 44.9%
60.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.47/15 · norm 0.38

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

Edgar Garcia

Distance 86.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.1%)

DaMarques Johnson

Distance 77.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Edgar Garcia

Head 92.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 8.4%)

DaMarques Johnson

Head 90.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Garcia L/AAccWelterweight med Johnson L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 45 / 219 20.5% 38.6% 80 / 275 29.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 7 / 12 too few to rate 67.8% 20 / 32 62.5% 67.8%
On the ground 17 / 23 too few to rate 67.2% 34 / 48 70.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 235 23.4% 37.2% 105 / 320 32.8% 37.2%
To the body 8 / 12 too few to rate 70.7% 18 / 24 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 82.9% 11 / 11 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Garcia L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Johnson L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 74 / 198 37.4% 39.0% 120 / 289 41.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 5 / 12 too few to rate 68.9% 32 / 51 62.7% 68.9%
On the ground 34 / 74 45.9% 68.0% 86 / 149 57.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 226 33.6% 35.6% 170 / 392 43.4% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 27 55.6% 69.6% 36 / 56 64.3% 69.6%
To the legs 22 / 31 71.0% 82.1% 32 / 41 78.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

457.1% acc · 2.32/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.27
150.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
419.0% def · norm 63.9%
3:3413.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:3421.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:432:09 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:166:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.58/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.71/15 · norm 0.45

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

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