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Francis Carmont vs.
Lorenz Larkin

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

6-3-0 Francis Carmont · UFC
5-5-0 Lorenz Larkin · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-3-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
78"
ReachΔ 6"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
143.4
Layoff (months)Δ 23.9 mo
119.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
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.

Lorenz Larkin rarely shoots — 0.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Francis Carmont owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Francis Carmont is hard to hit — absorbs 1.59 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight 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.

Francis Carmont

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

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Lorenz Larkin

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

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2242.06/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3913.61/min · norm 3.17
1731.59/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3232.98/min · norm 3.06
41.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 44.9%
58.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 55.25%
10.14/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.42/15 · norm 0.38

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

Francis Carmont

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.8% (norm 10.3%)

Lorenz Larkin

Distance 83.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Francis Carmont

Head 75.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 8.4%)

Lorenz Larkin

Head 68.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Carmont L/AAccMiddleweight med Larkin L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 117 / 398 29.4% 40.5% 293 / 735 39.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 59 76.3% 70.3% 75 / 115 65.2% 67.8%
On the ground 62 / 86 72.1% 69.1% 23 / 26 88.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 135 / 411 32.8% 38.9% 191 / 603 31.7% 37.2%
To the body 57 / 94 60.6% 71.7% 61 / 98 62.2% 70.7%
To the legs 32 / 38 84.2% 83.3% 139 / 175 79.4% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Carmont L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Larkin L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 115 / 331 34.7% 39.5% 274 / 794 34.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 38 / 57 66.7% 70.9% 42 / 61 68.9% 68.9%
On the ground 20 / 31 64.5% 69.0% 7 / 7 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 295 30.2% 37.9% 173 / 629 27.5% 35.6%
To the body 22 / 45 48.9% 71.3% 63 / 114 55.3% 69.6%
To the legs 62 / 79 78.5% 82.1% 87 / 119 73.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1339.4% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.14/15 · norm 1.27
2273.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3579.5% def · norm 63.9%
33:2330.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
5:545.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
32:554:32 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
26:473:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.69/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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