Leonard Garcia vs.
Roger Huerta
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Leonard Garcia
Full career not yet synced for Leonard Garcia — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500
Roger Huerta
Full career not yet synced for Roger Huerta — 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 +1.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Leonard Garcia
Distance 94.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 6.5%)
Roger Huerta
Distance 62.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 28.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Leonard Garcia
Head 87.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)
Roger Huerta
Head 86.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Garcia L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Huerta L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 289 / 1297 | 22.3% | 40.9% | 148 / 566 | 26.1% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 51 | 52.9% | 70.8% | 44 / 88 | 50.0% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 18 / 27 | 66.7% | 69.2% | 141 / 257 | 54.9% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 218 / 1199 | 18.2% | 37.2% | 258 / 790 | 32.7% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 57 / 98 | 58.2% | 68.2% | 43 / 75 | 57.3% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 59 / 78 | 75.6% | 80.7% | 32 / 46 | 69.6% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Garcia L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Huerta L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 447 / 1049 | 42.6% | 39.2% | 135 / 368 | 36.7% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 33 / 63 | 52.4% | 70.3% | 39 / 65 | 60.0% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 147 / 249 | 59.0% | 69.4% | 39 / 58 | 67.2% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 490 / 1175 | 41.7% | 35.9% | 151 / 400 | 37.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 110 / 151 | 72.8% | 67.9% | 41 / 60 | 68.3% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 81.5% | 21 / 31 | 67.7% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Garcia has more cage time on record.