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Gegard Mousasi vs.
Mark Munoz

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

9-3-0 Gegard Mousasi · UFC
9-6-0 Mark Munoz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-3-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41
AgeΔ 7.5 yrs
48.5
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
111.9
Layoff (months)Δ 22.8 mo
134.7
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLW
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.

Mark Munoz hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mark Munoz owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Gegard Mousasi is hard to hit — absorbs 1.39 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.

Gegard Mousasi

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

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Mark Munoz

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

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4653.87/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3943.02/min · norm 3.25
1671.39/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3072.35/min · norm 3.20
50.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 47.4%
68.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 53.8%
20.25/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Gegard Mousasi

Distance 74.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.8% (norm 10.3%)

Mark Munoz

Distance 45.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 33.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Gegard Mousasi

Head 82.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.4%)

Mark Munoz

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mousasi L/AAccMiddleweight med Munoz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 685 44.2% 40.5% 124 / 355 34.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 53 / 84 63.1% 70.3% 98 / 162 60.5% 70.3%
On the ground 109 / 155 70.3% 69.1% 172 / 265 64.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 332 / 759 43.7% 38.9% 231 / 586 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 48 / 69 69.6% 71.7% 114 / 134 85.1% 71.7%
To the legs 85 / 96 88.5% 83.3% 49 / 62 79.0% 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 Mousasi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Munoz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 468 27.6% 39.5% 161 / 484 33.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 91 / 144 63.2% 70.9%
On the ground 31 / 42 73.8% 69.0% 55 / 78 70.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 403 23.8% 37.9% 186 / 554 33.6% 37.9%
To the body 27 / 58 46.6% 71.3% 82 / 109 75.2% 71.3%
To the legs 44 / 61 72.1% 82.1% 39 / 43 90.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

952.9% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2830.1% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.42
2873.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 63.1%
28:0123.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
42:5232.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
19:462:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
28:083:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.37/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.57/15 · norm 0.47

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

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