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Lucas Martins vs.
Mirsad Bektic

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

4-3-0 Lucas Martins · UFC
6-4-0 Mirsad Bektic · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37.7
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
35.5
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
123.9
Layoff (months)Δ 53.4 mo
70.5
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Mirsad Bektic owns the mat — in control 60% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Mirsad Bektic hunts takedowns — 3.98 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Lucas Martins carries real power — 0.73 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight 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.

Lucas Martins

Full career not yet synced for Lucas Martins — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Mirsad Bektic

Full career not yet synced for Mirsad Bektic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1772.87/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2472.43/min · norm 3.54
2554.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1831.80/min · norm 3.47
35.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 45.0%
60.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 54.85%
30.73/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.29

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

Lucas Martins

Distance 93.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

Mirsad Bektic

Distance 65.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 27.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Lucas Martins

Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.8%)

Mirsad Bektic

Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martins L/AAccFeatherweight med Bektic L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 460 34.6% 40.9% 104 / 388 26.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 12 / 27 44.4% 70.8% 26 / 42 61.9% 70.8%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.2% 117 / 161 72.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 421 29.0% 37.2% 205 / 532 38.5% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 37 67.6% 68.2% 29 / 42 69.0% 68.2%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 80.7% 13 / 17 too few to rate 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Martins L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bektic L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 173 / 493 35.1% 39.2% 90 / 318 28.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 40 / 82 48.8% 70.3% 52 / 61 85.2% 70.3%
On the ground 42 / 69 60.9% 69.4% 41 / 55 74.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 499 33.7% 35.9% 111 / 348 31.9% 35.9%
To the body 57 / 108 52.8% 67.9% 55 / 66 83.3% 67.9%
To the legs 30 / 37 81.1% 81.5% 17 / 20 too few to rate 81.5%
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 1.19
Takedowns landed
2752.9% acc · 3.98/15 · norm 1.19
2376.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1292.3% def · norm 61.5%
1:132.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
60:3759.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
18:024:23 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
6:060:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.49/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.44/15 · norm 0.46

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

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