Mark Coleman vs.
Mauricio Rua
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.
Mark Coleman
Full career not yet synced for Mark Coleman — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Mauricio Rua
Full career not yet synced for Mauricio Rua — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 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)
Mark Coleman
Distance 31.5% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 57.3% (norm 28.7%)
Mauricio Rua
Distance 76.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mark Coleman
Head 94.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 5.2%)
Mauricio Rua
Head 72.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Coleman L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Rua L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 47 / 138 | 34.1% | 27.8% | 621 / 1322 | 47.0% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 37 / 49 | 75.5% | 63.8% | 130 / 184 | 70.7% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 159 / 251 | 63.3% | 65.8% | 137 / 217 | 63.1% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 220 / 412 | 53.4% | 39.3% | 527 / 1254 | 42.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 17 / 19 | too few to rate | 90.5% | 140 / 194 | 72.2% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 221 / 275 | 80.4% | 81.8% |
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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Coleman L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Rua L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 132 / 252 | 52.4% | 37.0% | 605 / 1462 | 41.4% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 47 / 66 | 71.2% | 66.7% | 148 / 225 | 65.8% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 55 / 70 | 78.6% | 67.1% | 164 / 233 | 70.4% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 158 / 302 | 52.3% | 47.0% | 616 / 1529 | 40.3% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 28 / 34 | 82.4% | 87.9% | 206 / 263 | 78.3% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 48 / 52 | 92.3% | 61.2% | 95 / 128 | 74.2% | 83.0% |
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 — Rua has more cage time on record.