Jared Cannonier vs. Marvin Vettori

UFC 11-10-0 vs. 9-8-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-10-0
UFC record
9-8-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42
AgeΔ 10 yrs
32
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
0.7
Layoff (months)Δ 7.3 mo
8
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
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The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marvin Vettori outworks the Middleweight division — 4.74 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Jared Cannonier rarely shoots — 0.77 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Marvin Vettori absorbs 4.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jared Cannonier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Marvin Vettori

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12454.25/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
14644.74/min · norm 3.25
12774.36/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
14064.55/min · norm 3.20
49.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 47.4%
55.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 53.8%
70.36/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.05/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jared Cannonier

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 10.3%)

Marvin Vettori

Distance 91.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jared Cannonier

Head 76.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.4%)

Marvin Vettori

Head 88.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cannonier L/AAccMiddleweight med Vettori L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1007 / 2223 45.3% 40.5% 1277 / 2921 43.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 146 / 186 78.5% 70.3% 85 / 129 65.9% 70.3%
On the ground 92 / 113 81.4% 69.1% 102 / 141 72.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 779 / 1918 40.6% 38.9% 1144 / 2814 40.7% 38.9%
To the body 252 / 341 73.9% 71.7% 146 / 184 79.3% 71.7%
To the legs 214 / 263 81.4% 83.3% 174 / 193 90.2% 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 Cannonier L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Vettori L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1137 / 2668 42.6% 39.5% 1279 / 3016 42.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 83 / 127 65.4% 70.9% 85 / 123 69.1% 70.9%
On the ground 57 / 98 58.2% 69.0% 42 / 62 67.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 870 / 2369 36.7% 37.9% 881 / 2516 35.0% 37.9%
To the body 233 / 328 71.0% 71.3% 252 / 350 72.0% 71.3%
To the legs 174 / 196 88.8% 82.1% 273 / 335 81.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1545.5% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2943.9% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 1.42
4664.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3768.5% def · norm 63.1%
36:2512.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
57:0118.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
36:091:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:320:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
80.39/15 · norm 0.47

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