Frankie Edgar vs.
Marlon Vera
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.
Frankie Edgar
Full career not yet synced for Frankie Edgar — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 17-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500
Marlon Vera
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 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)
Frankie Edgar
Distance 82.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 6.5%)
Marlon Vera
Distance 86.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Frankie Edgar
Head 79.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)
Marlon Vera
Head 69.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Edgar L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Vera L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1263 / 3672 | 34.4% | 40.9% | 1183 / 2694 | 43.9% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 129 / 207 | 62.3% | 70.8% | 146 / 189 | 77.2% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 409 / 572 | 71.5% | 69.2% | 151 / 227 | 66.5% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1195 / 3545 | 33.7% | 37.2% | 801 / 2146 | 37.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 344 / 566 | 60.8% | 68.2% | 319 / 520 | 61.3% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 262 / 340 | 77.1% | 80.7% | 360 / 444 | 81.1% | 79.4% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Edgar L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Vera L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1159 / 3660 | 31.7% | 39.2% | 1605 / 3379 | 47.5% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 156 | 59.6% | 70.3% | 116 / 171 | 67.8% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 94 / 135 | 69.6% | 69.4% | 169 / 238 | 71.0% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 995 / 3447 | 28.9% | 35.9% | 1163 / 2842 | 40.9% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 204 / 317 | 64.4% | 67.9% | 426 / 586 | 72.7% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 147 / 187 | 78.6% | 81.5% | 301 / 360 | 83.6% | 79.1% |
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 — Edgar has more cage time on record.