Marcos Vinicius vs.
Johnny Bedford
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Marcos Vinicius
Full career not yet synced for Marcos Vinicius — 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
Johnny Bedford
Full career not yet synced for Johnny Bedford — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marcos Vinicius
Distance 75.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 7.3%)
Johnny Bedford
Distance 59.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 29.9% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marcos Vinicius
Head 67.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 9.3%)
Johnny Bedford
Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Vinicius L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Bedford L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 35 / 90 | 38.9% | 40.0% | 79 / 218 | 36.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 14 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 31 / 40 | 77.5% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 10 / 15 | too few to rate | 69.7% | 76 / 110 | 69.1% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 34 / 81 | 42.0% | 37.6% | 120 / 288 | 41.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 13 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.5% | 56 / 68 | 82.4% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 12 / 18 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Vinicius L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Bedford L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 45 / 103 | 43.7% | 40.1% | 63 / 179 | 35.2% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 8 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 34 / 53 | 64.2% | 71.1% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 61 / 129 | 47.3% | 35.2% | 53 / 162 | 32.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 13 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 9 / 19 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 15 / 19 | too few to rate | 80.3% | 10 / 15 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Bedford has more cage time on record.