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Geoff Neal vs. Neil Magny

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 25-13-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
25-13-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
7.9
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
2.2
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Geoff Neal carries real power — 0.87 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Geoff Neal absorbs 5.56 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Neil Magny hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Geoff Neal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Neil Magny

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2413
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 18-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6875.00/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
15303.39/min · norm 3.17
7645.56/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10872.41/min · norm 3.08
50.7%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 44.75%
57.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.7%norm 55.25%
80.87/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.07/15 · norm 0.38

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

Geoff Neal

Distance 86.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

Neil Magny

Distance 74.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Geoff Neal

Head 90.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 6.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.0%)

Neil Magny

Head 81.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Neal L/AAccWelterweight med Magny L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 566 / 1177 48.1% 38.5% 892 / 2425 36.8% 38.5%
In the clinch 72 / 108 66.7% 67.8% 272 / 357 76.2% 67.8%
On the ground 49 / 69 71.0% 67.0% 366 / 468 78.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 585 / 1225 47.8% 36.4% 1087 / 2663 40.8% 36.4%
To the body 58 / 82 70.7% 70.7% 283 / 375 75.5% 70.7%
To the legs 44 / 47 93.6% 83.0% 160 / 212 75.5% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Neal L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Magny L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 684 / 1658 41.3% 39.1% 783 / 1783 43.9% 39.1%
In the clinch 73 / 104 70.2% 68.9% 98 / 171 57.3% 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 68.0% 206 / 295 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 477 / 1409 33.9% 35.6% 628 / 1677 37.4% 35.6%
To the body 208 / 280 74.3% 69.6% 165 / 242 68.2% 69.6%
To the legs 79 / 86 91.9% 82.2% 294 / 330 89.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
6439.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.31
2689.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6455.7% def · norm 63.9%
19:5514.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
95:3721.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:280:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
148:174:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.11/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
90.30/15 · norm 0.44

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