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Julian Marquez vs.
Marc-Andre Barriault

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

3-5-0 Julian Marquez · UFC
6-10-0 (1 NC) Marc-Andre Barriault · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
6-10-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36.2
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
36.5
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
17.2
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
5.9
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Julian Marquez is a submission threat — 2.67 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Julian Marquez rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Marc-Andre Barriault absorbs 5.94 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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.

Julian Marquez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Marc-Andre Barriault

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 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

3145.09/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
9955.65/min · norm 3.25
3525.71/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
10465.94/min · norm 3.20
45.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 47.4%
49.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.2%norm 53.8%
10.24/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Julian Marquez

Distance 78.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 10.3%)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Distance 76.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Julian Marquez

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 8.4%)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Head 83.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Marquez L/AAccMiddleweight med Barriault L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 547 38.4% 40.5% 650 / 1625 40.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 70 / 105 66.7% 70.3% 276 / 397 69.5% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 46 73.9% 69.1% 69 / 93 74.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 242 / 594 40.7% 38.9% 718 / 1758 40.8% 38.9%
To the body 52 / 78 66.7% 71.7% 196 / 259 75.7% 71.7%
To the legs 20 / 26 76.9% 83.3% 81 / 98 82.7% 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 Marquez L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Barriault L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 243 / 521 46.6% 39.5% 775 / 1698 45.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 83 / 137 60.6% 70.9% 232 / 311 74.6% 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 41 63.4% 69.0% 39 / 50 78.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 276 / 601 45.9% 37.9% 655 / 1578 41.5% 37.9%
To the body 56 / 72 77.8% 71.3% 293 / 370 79.2% 71.3%
To the legs 20 / 26 76.9% 82.1% 98 / 111 88.3% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
428.6% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.42
1145.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4768.1% def · norm 63.1%
3:375.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
18:1110.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
19:484:48 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
36:183:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
112.67/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.47

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

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