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Erick Montano vs.
Enrique Marin

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

1-2-0 Erick Montano · UFC
0-2-0 Enrique Marin · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40.7
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
39.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
117
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
120.9
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Enrique Marin is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Enrique Marin owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Erick Montano hunts takedowns — 2.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

732.79/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
431.43/min · norm 3.42
542.06/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
903.00/min · norm 3.37
44.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
33.1%norm 43.5%
64.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Erick Montano

Distance 87.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.1%)

Enrique Marin

Distance 92.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Erick Montano

Head 61.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 27.4% (norm 8.4%)

Enrique Marin

Head 86.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Montano L/AAccWelterweight med Marin L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 58 / 143 40.6% 38.6% 36 / 120 30.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 10 / 14 too few to rate 67.8% 5 / 7 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 5 / 7 too few to rate 67.2% 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 41 / 101 40.6% 37.2% 28 / 112 25.0% 35.0%
To the body 7 / 18 too few to rate 70.7% 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 25 / 45 55.6% 82.9% 10 / 12 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Montano L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Marin L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 35 / 119 29.4% 39.0% 60 / 143 42.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 7 / 11 too few to rate 68.9% 15 / 22 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 12 / 24 too few to rate 68.0% 15 / 17 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 133 28.6% 35.6% 64 / 130 49.2% 35.1%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.6% 9 / 17 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 82.1% 17 / 35 48.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

436.4% acc · 2.29/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
538.5% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.38
466.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
360.0% def · norm 64.0%
7:5530.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
10:5536.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
6:013:26 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:033:31 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
21.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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