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Joe Proctor vs.
Justin Edwards

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

4-4-0 Joe Proctor · UFC
2-5-0 Justin Edwards · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
41
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
43.5
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
111.5
Layoff (months)Δ 22.5 mo
134
LLWLW
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.

Joe Proctor is a submission threat — 1.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Justin Edwards is a submission threat — 0.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Joe Proctor 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.

Joe Proctor

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Justin Edwards

Full career not yet synced for Justin Edwards — 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

2223.39/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2072.68/min · norm 3.17
2573.93/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2563.32/min · norm 3.06
36.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
42.2%norm 44.9%
59.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 55.25%
20.46/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.19/15 · norm 0.38

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

Joe Proctor

Distance 89.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

Justin Edwards

Distance 69.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 23.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Joe Proctor

Head 83.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 7.9%)

Justin Edwards

Head 77.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Proctor L/AAccLightweight med Edwards L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 183 / 546 33.5% 37.9% 113 / 343 32.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 30 / 50 60.0% 67.3% 75 / 116 64.7% 67.8%
On the ground 9 / 12 too few to rate 69.1% 19 / 32 59.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 510 29.8% 35.0% 131 / 380 34.5% 37.2%
To the body 33 / 50 66.0% 69.1% 56 / 80 70.0% 70.7%
To the legs 37 / 48 77.1% 81.9% 20 / 31 64.5% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Proctor L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Edwards L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 515 34.8% 38.9% 129 / 360 35.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 55 / 90 61.1% 68.6% 74 / 96 77.1% 68.9%
On the ground 23 / 36 63.9% 68.0% 53 / 67 79.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 164 / 478 34.3% 35.1% 177 / 428 41.4% 35.6%
To the body 53 / 100 53.0% 68.1% 57 / 69 82.6% 69.6%
To the legs 40 / 63 63.5% 81.5% 22 / 26 84.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1126.8% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 1.27
1970.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
627.3% def · norm 63.9%
3:485.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
15:3420.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
14:423:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
25:394:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
81.83/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
50.97/15 · norm 0.45

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

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