Enrique Marin vs.
Erick Montano
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.
Enrique Marin
Full career not yet synced for Enrique Marin — 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
Erick Montano
Full career not yet synced for Erick Montano — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 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)
Enrique Marin
Distance 92.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.0%)
Erick Montano
Distance 87.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Enrique Marin
Head 86.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.9%)
Erick Montano
Head 61.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 27.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Marin L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Montano L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 36 / 120 | 30.0% | 37.9% | 58 / 143 | 40.6% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 28 / 112 | 25.0% | 35.0% | 41 / 101 | 40.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 7 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 25 / 45 | 55.6% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Marin L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Montano L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 60 / 143 | 42.0% | 38.9% | 35 / 119 | 29.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 15 / 22 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 15 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 12 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 64 / 130 | 49.2% | 35.1% | 38 / 133 | 28.6% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 9 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.1% | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 17 / 35 | 48.6% | 81.5% | 9 / 11 | 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 — Montano has more cage time on record.