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Jacob Malkoun vs.
Torrez Finney

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

6-3-0 Jacob Malkoun · UFC
1-1-0 Torrez Finney · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-3-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
30.9
AgeΔ 3.1 yrs
27.8
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.9 mo
6.1
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LW
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.

Jacob Malkoun hunts takedowns — 5.39 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Torrez Finney hunts takedowns — 4.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Jacob Malkoun owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 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.

Jacob Malkoun

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Torrez Finney

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4244.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
311.03/min · norm 3.25
2332.33/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1404.67/min · norm 3.20
56.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
36.5%norm 47.4%
55.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
36.4%norm 53.8%
10.15/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jacob Malkoun

Distance 74.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 10.3%)

Torrez Finney

Distance 91.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jacob Malkoun

Head 94.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 8.4%)

Torrez Finney

Head 91.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Malkoun L/AAccMiddleweight med Finney L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 292 / 554 52.7% 40.5% 26 / 78 33.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 16 / 31 51.6% 70.3% 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 116 / 161 72.0% 69.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 390 / 707 55.2% 38.9% 27 / 78 34.6% 38.9%
To the body 30 / 35 85.7% 71.7% 4 / 7 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 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 Malkoun L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Finney L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 473 41.0% 39.5% 102 / 172 59.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 13 / 21 too few to rate 70.9% 16 / 19 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 29 89.7% 69.0% 22 / 29 75.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 457 39.2% 37.9% 133 / 211 63.0% 37.9%
To the body 31 / 40 77.5% 71.3% 6 / 8 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 23 / 26 88.5% 82.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3642.9% acc · 5.39/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
844.4% acc · 4.00/15 · norm 1.42
555.6% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 63.1%
47:2847.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
13:3645.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
9:201:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
5:322:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.75/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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