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Karlos Vemola vs.
Jon Madsen

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

2-4-0 Karlos Vemola · UFC
4-1-0 Jon Madsen · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
4-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
41
AgeΔ 5 yrs
46
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
157.9
Layoff (months)Δ 26.5 mo
184.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Karlos Vemola is a submission threat — 1.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jon Madsen defends head shots well — opponents land just 10%, vs a 39% Heavyweight norm.
Jon Madsen defends strikes at range well — opponents land just 14%, vs a 41% Heavyweight 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.

Karlos Vemola

Full career not yet synced for Karlos Vemola — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Jon Madsen

Full career not yet synced for Jon Madsen — 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 -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

911.67/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1402.46/min · norm 3.36
1162.13/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
671.18/min · norm 3.19
44.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 47.8%
38.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
81.4%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Karlos Vemola

Distance 47.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 41.7% (norm 10.3%)

Jon Madsen

Distance 76.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 9.3%)

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

Karlos Vemola

Head 84.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 8.4%)

Jon Madsen

Head 85.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vemola L/AAccMiddleweight med Madsen L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 27 / 97 27.8% 40.5% 80 / 260 30.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 15 / 23 too few to rate 70.3% 34 / 41 82.9% 70.6%
On the ground 49 / 86 57.0% 69.1% 26 / 40 65.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 66 / 174 37.9% 38.9% 100 / 293 34.1% 38.9%
To the body 15 / 19 too few to rate 71.7% 18 / 23 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 10 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 22 / 25 88.0% 87.8%

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 · Heavyweight: 93 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 Vemola L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Madsen L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 24 / 67 35.8% 39.5% 47 / 328 14.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 61 / 72 84.7% 70.9% 20 / 32 62.5% 70.6%
On the ground 31 / 48 64.6% 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 113 45.1% 37.9% 30 / 309 9.7% 38.8%
To the body 32 / 37 86.5% 71.3% 23 / 37 62.2% 75.1%
To the legs 33 / 37 89.2% 82.1% 14 / 14 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

725.9% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
571.4% acc · 1.32/15 · norm 0.95
531.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
770.0% def · norm 64.3%
12:1122.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
10:4018.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
31:328:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:511:01 per 15 · norm 2:28
61.66/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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