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Marco Beltran vs.
Guangyou Ning

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

3-3-0 Marco Beltran · UFC
2-2-0 Guangyou Ning · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40.2
AgeΔ 4.4 yrs
44.6
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
5'4"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
105.9
Layoff (months)Δ 10.4 mo
116.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Marco Beltran is hard to hit — absorbs 1.93 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.58 Bantamweight norm.
Guangyou Ning is hard to hit — absorbs 1.91 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.47 Featherweight norm.
Marco Beltran rarely shoots — 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Marco Beltran

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

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Guangyou Ning

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1342.07/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1462.66/min · norm 3.54
1251.93/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1051.91/min · norm 3.47
37.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 45.0%
63.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 54.85%
10.23/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Marco Beltran

Distance 75.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

Guangyou Ning

Distance 85.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Marco Beltran

Head 76.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)

Guangyou Ning

Head 68.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Beltran L/AAccBantamweight med Ning L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 270 29.3% 39.0% 111 / 300 37.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 29 / 39 74.4% 68.7% 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 26 / 48 54.2% 70.2% 25 / 36 69.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 273 27.8% 34.9% 77 / 242 31.8% 37.2%
To the body 29 / 46 63.0% 66.8% 26 / 43 60.5% 68.2%
To the legs 29 / 38 76.3% 79.4% 43 / 66 65.2% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Beltran L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ning L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 265 28.7% 39.3% 80 / 236 33.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 18 / 25 72.0% 70.4% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 31 / 51 60.8% 72.4% 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 262 28.6% 34.9% 40 / 171 23.4% 35.9%
To the body 26 / 45 57.8% 66.0% 26 / 45 57.8% 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 34 70.6% 79.1% 39 / 56 69.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
450.0% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.19
646.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 61.5%
8:1812.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
11:5421.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
18:454:20 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
3:170:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.23/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.27/15 · norm 0.46

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

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