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Guido Cannetti vs. Marlon Vera

UFC 4-6-0 vs. 16-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-6-0
UFC record
16-11-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46
AgeΔ 13 yrs
33
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
43.3
Layoff (months)Δ 42.3 mo
1
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Marlon Vera carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Guido Cannetti hunts takedowns — 2.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Guido Cannetti

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Marlon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2503.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
15524.24/min · norm 3.52
2062.84/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
19735.39/min · norm 3.58
55.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 43.5%
51.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
160.66/15 · norm 0.29

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

Guido Cannetti

Distance 75.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.4%)

Marlon Vera

Distance 85.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.4%)

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

Guido Cannetti

Head 58.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 23.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 8.4%)

Marlon Vera

Head 68.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cannetti L/AAccBantamweight med Vera L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 342 48.8% 39.2% 1220 / 2775 44.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 54 / 73 74.0% 69.0% 167 / 214 78.0% 69.0%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 70.2% 165 / 249 66.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 265 38.9% 35.3% 839 / 2231 37.6% 35.3%
To the body 74 / 104 71.2% 66.9% 341 / 548 62.2% 66.9%
To the legs 73 / 83 88.0% 79.2% 372 / 459 81.0% 79.2%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Cannetti L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 320 39.7% 39.4% 1664 / 3473 47.9% 39.4%
In the clinch 47 / 58 81.0% 70.6% 140 / 204 68.6% 70.6%
On the ground 32 / 46 69.6% 72.1% 169 / 238 71.0% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 279 41.2% 34.9% 1190 / 2904 41.0% 34.9%
To the body 66 / 110 60.0% 66.1% 464 / 631 73.5% 66.1%
To the legs 25 / 35 71.4% 78.8% 319 / 380 83.9% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1155.0% acc · 2.27/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1445.2% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.12
2064.5% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
6772.0% def · norm 65.7%
16:2222.5% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
32:549.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
15:263:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
65:262:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.41/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
180.74/15 · norm 0.28

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