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Josh Neer vs. Court McGee

UFC 6-9-0 vs. 11-14-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-9-0
UFC record
11-14-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
163.8
Layoff (months)Δ 163.2 mo
0.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josh Neer is a submission threat — 1.30 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Court McGee outworks the Welterweight division — 4.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Josh Neer's takedown defense leaks — 42% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Neer

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 304

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 32 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Court McGee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1113
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4733.15/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
14624.62/min · norm 3.17
5443.63/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
12293.88/min · norm 3.08
44.7%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
36.8%norm 44.75%
57.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.1%norm 55.25%
10.10/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.14/15 · norm 0.38

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

Josh Neer

Distance 61.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 17.4% (norm 8.1%)

Court McGee

Distance 91.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Josh Neer

Head 85.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.0%)

Court McGee

Head 72.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Neer L/AAccWelterweight med McGee L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 222 / 656 33.8% 38.5% 1246 / 3641 34.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 139 / 219 63.5% 67.8% 93 / 169 55.0% 67.8%
On the ground 112 / 184 60.9% 67.0% 123 / 163 75.5% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 352 / 910 38.7% 36.4% 772 / 2897 26.6% 36.4%
To the body 72 / 90 80.0% 70.7% 329 / 622 52.9% 70.7%
To the legs 49 / 59 83.1% 83.0% 361 / 454 79.5% 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Neer L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs McGee L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 317 / 910 34.8% 39.1% 1081 / 2847 38.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 156 / 229 68.1% 68.9% 122 / 195 62.6% 68.9%
On the ground 71 / 147 48.3% 68.0% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 1047 34.1% 35.6% 882 / 2585 34.1% 35.6%
To the body 137 / 184 74.5% 69.6% 227 / 356 63.8% 69.6%
To the legs 50 / 55 90.9% 82.2% 120 / 143 83.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1041.7% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
3623.7% acc · 1.70/15 · norm 1.31
2742.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3470.8% def · norm 63.9%
32:4021.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
73:3323.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
54:525:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
15:420:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
131.30/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
90.43/15 · norm 0.44

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