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Guido Cannetti 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.

4-6-0 Guido Cannetti · UFC
15-11-0 Marlon Vera · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-6-0
UFC record
15-11-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46
AgeΔ 13 yrs
33
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
40.9
Layoff (months)Δ 35.7 mo
5.2
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Guido Cannetti hunts takedowns — 2.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Marlon Vera carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight 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.

Guido Cannetti

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

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: 10-8 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

2503.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
14804.18/min · norm 3.52
2062.84/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
18905.34/min · norm 3.58
55.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.4%
51.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
130.55/15 · norm 0.30

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

Guido Cannetti

Distance 75.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.2% (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)

Guido Cannetti

Head 58.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 8.4%)

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 Cannetti L/AAccBantamweight med Vera L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 342 48.8% 39.0% 1183 / 2694 43.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 54 / 73 74.0% 68.7% 146 / 189 77.2% 68.7%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 70.2% 151 / 227 66.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 265 38.9% 34.9% 801 / 2146 37.3% 34.9%
To the body 74 / 104 71.2% 66.8% 319 / 520 61.3% 66.8%
To the legs 73 / 83 88.0% 79.4% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Cannetti L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 320 39.7% 39.3% 1605 / 3379 47.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 47 / 58 81.0% 70.4% 116 / 171 67.8% 70.4%
On the ground 32 / 46 69.6% 72.4% 169 / 238 71.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 279 41.2% 34.9% 1163 / 2842 40.9% 34.9%
To the body 66 / 110 60.0% 66.0% 426 / 586 72.7% 66.0%
To the legs 25 / 35 71.4% 79.1% 301 / 360 83.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1155.0% acc · 2.27/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1139.3% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 1.12
2064.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
6671.7% def · norm 66.7%
16:2222.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
30:398.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
15:263:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
65:262:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.41/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
180.76/15 · 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.

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