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Marco Tulio vs.
Ihor Potieria

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

2-2-0 Marco Tulio · UFC
2-6-0 Ihor Potieria · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
2-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32.1
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
30.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 15.9 mo
18.8
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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 Tulio carries real power — 1.30 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ihor Potieria carries real power — 0.78 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Marco Tulio outworks the Middleweight division — 7.07 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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 Tulio

Full career not yet synced for Marco Tulio — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Ihor Potieria

Full career not yet synced for Ihor Potieria — 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 +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2457.07/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2564.41/min · norm 3.25
1073.09/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2854.91/min · norm 3.20
54.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.0%norm 47.4%
56.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 53.8%
31.30/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.78/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marco Tulio

Distance 91.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 10.3%)

Ihor Potieria

Distance 83.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Marco Tulio

Head 67.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 8.4%)

Ihor Potieria

Head 80.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tulio L/AAccMiddleweight med Potieria L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 219 / 406 53.9% 40.5% 198 / 434 45.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 10 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 30 / 49 61.2% 70.3%
On the ground 16 / 26 61.5% 69.1% 28 / 39 71.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 135 / 302 44.7% 38.9% 172 / 419 41.1% 38.9%
To the body 66 / 90 73.3% 71.7% 31 / 45 68.9% 71.7%
To the legs 44 / 54 81.5% 83.3% 53 / 58 91.4% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Tulio L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Potieria L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 220 40.5% 39.5% 153 / 405 37.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.9% 40 / 54 74.1% 70.9%
On the ground 13 / 19 too few to rate 69.0% 92 / 129 71.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 179 38.5% 37.9% 204 / 455 44.8% 37.9%
To the body 19 / 31 61.3% 71.3% 51 / 90 56.7% 71.3%
To the legs 19 / 35 54.3% 82.1% 30 / 43 69.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
320.0% acc · 0.78/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
666.7% def · norm 63.1%
3:4210.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
8:2814.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
3:501:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:192:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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