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Mark Godbeer vs.
Justin Ledet

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

2-2-0 Mark Godbeer · UFC
3-4-0 Justin Ledet · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 5 yrs
37
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
100.7
Layoff (months)Δ 31.5 mo
69.2
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Mark Godbeer rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Justin Ledet rarely shoots — 0.23 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Mark Godbeer's takedown defense leaks — 29% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight 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 Godbeer

Full career not yet synced for Mark Godbeer — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Justin Ledet

Full career not yet synced for Justin Ledet — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1243.97/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2183.35/min · norm 3.41
1033.30/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3144.82/min · norm 3.35
53.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
39.0%norm 48.3%
54.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Mark Godbeer

Distance 80.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 9.3%)

Justin Ledet

Distance 97.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 10.4%)

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

Mark Godbeer

Head 67.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 23.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.6%)

Justin Ledet

Head 96.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Godbeer L/AAccHeavyweight med Ledet L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 88 / 184 47.8% 40.1% 208 / 545 38.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 70.6% 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 154 42.2% 38.9% 203 / 537 37.8% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 54 77.8% 76.8% 13 / 18 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 87.8% 2 / 4 too few to rate 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Godbeer L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Ledet L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 170 35.3% 40.7% 206 / 473 43.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 14 / 22 too few to rate 70.6% 21 / 32 65.6% 68.7%
On the ground 29 / 33 87.9% 72.0% 87 / 111 78.4% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 187 40.1% 38.8% 200 / 441 45.4% 37.5%
To the body 22 / 30 73.3% 75.1% 47 / 83 56.6% 72.3%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 84.4% 67 / 92 72.8% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.23/15 · norm 0.87
228.6% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
342.9% def · norm 66.7%
4:5315.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
2:303.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
9:424:39 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
12:482:56 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.23/15 · norm 0.27

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

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