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Maki Pitolo vs.
Callan Potter

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

1-5-0 Maki Pitolo · UFC
1-2-0 Callan Potter · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-5-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35.7
AgeΔ 6.5 yrs
42.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56
Layoff (months)Δ 21.4 mo
77.4
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Callan Potter hunts takedowns — 3.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Callan Potter owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Maki Pitolo is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight 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.

Maki Pitolo

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Callan Potter

Full career not yet synced for Callan Potter — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2173.70/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
583.18/min · norm 3.17
2283.88/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
864.72/min · norm 3.06
42.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 44.9%
55.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
58.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Maki Pitolo

Distance 93.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 10.3%)

Callan Potter

Distance 91.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Maki Pitolo

Head 81.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Callan Potter

Head 93.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pitolo L/AAccMiddleweight med Potter L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 477 40.5% 40.5% 49 / 105 46.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 13 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 11 / 20 too few to rate 69.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 419 36.0% 38.9% 51 / 107 47.7% 37.2%
To the body 52 / 77 67.5% 71.7% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 83.3% 4 / 4 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Pitolo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Potter L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 170 / 428 39.7% 39.5% 79 / 196 40.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 22 / 29 75.9% 70.9% 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 36 / 53 67.9% 69.0% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 456 43.0% 37.9% 67 / 185 36.2% 35.6%
To the body 21 / 42 50.0% 71.3% 17 / 20 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.1% 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

952.9% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
466.7% acc · 3.29/15 · norm 1.27
550.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.9%
13:0622.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
8:2846.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:334:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
1:551:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.77/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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