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Eric Spicely vs.
Deron Winn

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

2-5-0 Eric Spicely · UFC
2-3-0 Deron Winn · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.9
AgeΔ 2.8 yrs
37.1
6'1"
HeightΔ 7"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
85.5
Layoff (months)Δ 35.9 mo
49.6
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Deron Winn hunts takedowns — 4.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Eric Spicely is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Deron Winn absorbs 6.21 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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.

Eric Spicely

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Deron Winn

Full career not yet synced for Deron Winn — 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

1703.71/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3034.55/min · norm 3.25
2625.72/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4146.21/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 47.4%
55.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
46.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Eric Spicely

Distance 80.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 10.3%)

Deron Winn

Distance 86.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Eric Spicely

Head 91.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)

Deron Winn

Head 86.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Spicely L/AAccMiddleweight med Winn L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 108 / 302 35.8% 40.5% 242 / 591 40.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 38 / 45 84.4% 70.3% 50 / 77 64.9% 70.3%
On the ground 24 / 29 82.8% 69.1% 11 / 12 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 342 41.8% 38.9% 221 / 585 37.8% 38.9%
To the body 21 / 28 75.0% 71.7% 60 / 73 82.2% 71.7%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 83.3% 22 / 22 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Spicely L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Winn L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 505 40.2% 39.5% 318 / 649 49.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 40 / 57 70.2% 70.9% 67 / 83 80.7% 70.9%
On the ground 19 / 29 65.5% 69.0% 29 / 35 82.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 198 / 515 38.4% 37.9% 338 / 684 49.4% 37.9%
To the body 58 / 70 82.9% 71.3% 68 / 75 90.7% 71.3%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.1% 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

420.0% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1952.8% acc · 4.28/15 · norm 1.42
375.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
240.0% def · norm 63.1%
8:5019.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
19:0228.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:532:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:100:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.98/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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