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Marcelo Rojo vs.
Francis Marshall

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

0-3-0 Marcelo Rojo · UFC
4-3-0 Francis Marshall · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.1
AgeΔ 10.7 yrs
27.4
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
44.1
Layoff (months)Δ 40.7 mo
3.4
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL
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.

Francis Marshall owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Marcelo Rojo absorbs 6.42 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Francis Marshall hunts takedowns — 2.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 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.

Marcelo Rojo

Full career not yet synced for Marcelo Rojo — 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

Francis Marshall

Full career not yet synced for Francis Marshall — 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 -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1604.92/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1722.34/min · norm 3.54
2096.42/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2313.14/min · norm 3.47
39.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
29.3%norm 45.0%
55.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.6%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.41/15 · norm 0.29

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

Marcelo Rojo

Distance 92.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.5%)

Francis Marshall

Distance 95.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Marcelo Rojo

Head 75.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 7.8%)

Francis Marshall

Head 93.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 3.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rojo L/AAccFeatherweight med Marshall L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 373 37.5% 40.9% 153 / 563 27.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 15 / 25 60.0% 70.8% 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.2% 10 / 14 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 304 25.3% 37.2% 141 / 547 25.8% 37.2%
To the body 31 / 44 70.5% 68.2% 12 / 21 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 52 / 56 92.9% 80.7% 19 / 19 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 Rojo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Marshall L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 151 / 381 39.6% 39.2% 190 / 436 43.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 29 82.8% 70.3% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 55 61.8% 69.4% 37 / 55 67.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 140 / 380 36.8% 35.9% 139 / 351 39.6% 35.9%
To the body 37 / 52 71.2% 67.9% 43 / 90 47.8% 67.9%
To the legs 32 / 33 97.0% 81.5% 49 / 57 86.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1041.7% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.19
866.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
888.9% def · norm 61.5%
0:583.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
23:2631.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:173:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
5:321:07 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.61/15 · norm 0.46

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

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