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Joby Sanchez vs.
Mark De La Rosa

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

1-4-0 Joby Sanchez · UFC
2-5-0 Mark De La Rosa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-4-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35.1
AgeΔ 3.2 yrs
31.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
92.8
Layoff (months)Δ 19 mo
73.8
LLLWL
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.

Joby Sanchez carries real power — 0.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Joby Sanchez rarely shoots — 0.53 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Mark De La Rosa rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 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.

Joby Sanchez

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Mark De La Rosa

Full career not yet synced for Mark De La Rosa — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1893.36/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2613.13/min · norm 3.52
1853.29/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
4175.00/min · norm 3.58
32.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
35.5%norm 43.4%
64.6%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
48.9%norm 56.6%
20.53/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Joby Sanchez

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 7.3%)

Mark De La Rosa

Distance 90.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Joby Sanchez

Head 88.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 11.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 9.3%)

Mark De La Rosa

Head 79.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sanchez L/AAccFlyweight med Rosa L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 528 30.1% 40.0% 220 / 668 32.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 14 / 26 53.8% 70.4% 26 / 50 52.0% 68.7%
On the ground 16 / 26 61.5% 69.7% 15 / 18 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 142 / 511 27.8% 37.6% 159 / 587 27.1% 34.9%
To the body 44 / 64 68.8% 68.5% 52 / 77 67.5% 66.8%
To the legs 3 / 5 too few to rate 80.0% 50 / 72 69.4% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Sanchez L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Rosa L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 470 32.8% 40.1% 294 / 655 44.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 24 / 45 53.3% 68.8% 56 / 69 81.2% 70.4%
On the ground 7 / 7 too few to rate 71.1% 67 / 92 72.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 446 28.3% 35.2% 282 / 632 44.6% 34.9%
To the body 24 / 37 64.9% 68.2% 50 / 74 67.6% 66.0%
To the legs 35 / 39 89.7% 80.3% 85 / 110 77.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

250.0% acc · 0.53/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
313.6% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.12
1350.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 66.7%
4:037.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
9:3611.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
10:072:41 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
19:363:31 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.27/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.28

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

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