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James Vick vs.
Marco Polo Reyes

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

9-5-0 James Vick · UFC
4-4-0 Marco Polo Reyes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-5-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39.4
AgeΔ 2.3 yrs
41.7
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
81.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
82.5
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Marco Polo Reyes carries real power — 1.71 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
James Vick carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Marco Polo Reyes rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

James Vick

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

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Marco Polo Reyes

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4724.13/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2646.00/min · norm 3.42
3783.31/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2435.52/min · norm 3.37
39.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 43.5%
60.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.3%
40.52/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
51.71/15 · norm 0.25

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

James Vick

Distance 93.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

Marco Polo Reyes

Distance 89.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

James Vick

Head 77.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 7.9%)

Marco Polo Reyes

Head 79.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vick L/AAccLightweight med Reyes L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 422 / 1113 37.9% 37.9% 215 / 634 33.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 31 / 43 72.1% 67.3% 23 / 39 59.0% 67.3%
On the ground 19 / 29 65.5% 69.1% 26 / 35 74.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 288 / 913 31.5% 35.0% 166 / 565 29.4% 35.0%
To the body 116 / 184 63.0% 69.1% 66 / 100 66.0% 69.1%
To the legs 68 / 88 77.3% 81.9% 32 / 43 74.4% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Vick L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Reyes L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 847 35.9% 38.9% 168 / 495 33.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 39 / 63 61.9% 68.6% 37 / 53 69.8% 68.6%
On the ground 35 / 48 72.9% 68.0% 38 / 55 69.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 220 / 711 30.9% 35.1% 189 / 529 35.7% 35.1%
To the body 71 / 124 57.3% 68.1% 33 / 51 64.7% 68.1%
To the legs 87 / 123 70.7% 81.5% 21 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

233.3% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
2257.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 64.0%
7:296.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:599.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
17:052:14 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
7:012:23 per 15 · norm 2:46
50.66/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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