Marcus McGhee vs. Anthony Romero
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Marcus McGhee
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 1 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Anthony Romero
Full career not yet synced for Anthony Romero — 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 +4.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marcus McGhee
Distance 92.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 6.4%)
Anthony Romero
Distance 94.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marcus McGhee
Head 80.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)
Anthony Romero
Head 83.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | McGhee L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Romero L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 335 / 798 | 42.0% | 39.2% | 13 / 35 | 37.1% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 31 / 45 | 68.9% | 70.2% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 265 / 693 | 38.2% | 35.3% | 8 / 31 | 25.8% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 61 / 94 | 64.9% | 66.9% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 50 / 72 | 69.4% | 79.2% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 80.3% |
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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 McGhee L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Romero L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 215 / 523 | 41.1% | 39.4% | 14 / 43 | 32.6% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 38 | 71.1% | 70.6% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.1% | 20 / 32 | 62.5% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 144 / 419 | 34.4% | 34.9% | 24 / 63 | 38.1% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 48 / 77 | 62.3% | 66.1% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 50 / 67 | 74.6% | 78.8% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — McGhee has more cage time on record.