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Marcus McGhee vs.
John Yannis

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

5-1-0 Marcus McGhee · UFC
1-2-0 John Yannis · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-1-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.2
AgeΔ 4.1 yrs
32.1
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
2
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Marcus McGhee carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
John Yannis carries real power — 0.70 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
John Yannis rarely shoots — 0.00 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.

Marcus McGhee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

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 +1.3 wins over .500

John Yannis

Full career not yet synced for John Yannis — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3425.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
763.56/min · norm 3.52
2293.64/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
874.07/min · norm 3.58
43.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 43.4%
56.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
62.7%norm 56.6%
30.72/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.70/15 · norm 0.30

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

Marcus McGhee

Distance 96.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 6.5%)

John Yannis

Distance 94.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Marcus McGhee

Head 80.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

John Yannis

Head 68.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 25.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McGhee L/AAccBantamweight med Yannis L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 321 / 755 42.5% 39.0% 70 / 146 47.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 10 / 16 too few to rate 68.7% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 630 38.3% 34.9% 39 / 105 37.1% 34.9%
To the body 55 / 86 64.0% 66.8% 28 / 39 71.8% 66.8%
To the legs 46 / 68 67.6% 79.4% 9 / 10 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 McGhee L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Yannis L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 202 / 488 41.4% 39.3% 87 / 232 37.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 27 / 38 71.1% 70.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.4% 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 388 35.1% 34.9% 66 / 195 33.8% 34.9%
To the body 45 / 74 60.8% 66.0% 15 / 27 55.6% 66.0%
To the legs 48 / 64 75.0% 79.1% 6 / 11 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

111.1% acc · 0.24/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
990.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 66.7%
2:534.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
0:090.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:151:15 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
2:532:01 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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