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Mark De La Rosa vs.
Kai Kara-France

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

2-5-0 Mark De La Rosa · UFC
8-5-0 Kai Kara-France · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
31.9
AgeΔ 1.5 yrs
33.4
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
65"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
73.8
Layoff (months)Δ 60.5 mo
13.3
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Kai Kara-France carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Kai Kara-France rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Mark De La Rosa rarely shoots — 0.54 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.

Mark De La Rosa

Full career not yet synced for Mark De La Rosa — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Kai Kara-France

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 176

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2613.13/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7124.46/min · norm 3.49
4175.00/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5173.24/min · norm 3.24
35.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.2%norm 44.6%
48.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.3%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
80.75/15 · norm 0.18

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

Mark De La Rosa

Distance 90.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

Kai Kara-France

Distance 90.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Mark De La Rosa

Head 79.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)

Kai Kara-France

Head 79.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rosa L/AAccBantamweight med Kara-France L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 220 / 668 32.9% 39.0% 612 / 1602 38.2% 40.0%
In the clinch 26 / 50 52.0% 68.7% 16 / 25 64.0% 70.4%
On the ground 15 / 18 too few to rate 70.2% 84 / 142 59.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 587 27.1% 34.9% 455 / 1411 32.2% 37.6%
To the body 52 / 77 67.5% 66.8% 104 / 170 61.2% 68.5%
To the legs 50 / 72 69.4% 79.4% 153 / 188 81.4% 80.0%

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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Rosa L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Kara-France L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 294 / 655 44.9% 39.3% 480 / 1380 34.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 56 / 69 81.2% 70.4% 14 / 32 43.8% 68.8%
On the ground 67 / 92 72.8% 72.4% 23 / 35 65.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 632 44.6% 34.9% 383 / 1255 30.5% 35.2%
To the body 50 / 74 67.6% 66.0% 86 / 131 65.6% 68.2%
To the legs 85 / 110 77.3% 79.1% 48 / 61 78.7% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

313.6% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
630.0% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 1.30
440.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4783.9% def · norm 62.5%
9:3611.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
13:478.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
19:363:31 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
28:312:40 per 15 · norm 2:44
10.18/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.58

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

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