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John Marsh vs. Mike van Arsdale

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
56
AgeΔ 5 yrs
61
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
—
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
258.1
Layoff (months)Δ 9.6 mo
248.5
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
John Marsh is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
John Marsh carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Mike van Arsdale owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 17% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

John Marsh

Full career not yet synced for John Marsh — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Mike van Arsdale

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.13 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

181.20/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
701.78/min · norm 3.48
342.27/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
581.48/min · norm 3.37
51.4%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 48.45%
43.3%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
44.2%norm 52.75%
11.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

John Marsh

Distance 42.9% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 37.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 9.3%)

Mike van Arsdale

Distance 52.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 39.8% (norm 10.6%)

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

John Marsh

Head 65.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 22.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.6%)

Mike van Arsdale

Head 77.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 17.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Marsh L/AAccHeavyweight med van Arsdale L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 15 too few to rate 40.1% 17 / 92 18.5% 41.5%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.4% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.2% 48 / 70 68.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 23 too few to rate 39.0% 37 / 137 27.0% 39.2%
To the body 6 / 8 too few to rate 77.0% 28 / 31 90.3% 72.0%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 87.8% 5 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Marsh L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs van Arsdale L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 21 too few to rate 40.7% 13 / 43 30.2% 40.6%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.6% 21 / 27 77.8% 68.8%
On the ground 31 / 37 83.8% 72.2% 24 / 34 70.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 39 35.9% 39.3% 21 / 62 33.9% 37.7%
To the body 20 / 21 too few to rate 75.1% 25 / 30 83.3% 72.9%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4% 12 / 12 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
320.0% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 0.87
375.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
861.5% def · norm 66.7%
2:4117.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
8:5131.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
7:287:28 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
11:244:21 per 15 · norm 2:50
11.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.38/15 · norm 0.28

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