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Mark Hominick vs.
Jorge Gurgel

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

3-4-0 Mark Hominick · UFC
3-4-0 Jorge Gurgel · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
44
AgeΔ 5.5 yrs
49.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
164.6
Layoff (months)Δ 48 mo
212.6
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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 Hominick carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Mark Hominick rarely shoots — 0.38 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jorge Gurgel rarely shoots — 0.86 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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 Hominick

Full career not yet synced for Mark Hominick — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Jorge Gurgel

Full career not yet synced for Jorge Gurgel — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2943.75/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3563.40/min · norm 3.42
3354.27/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3753.58/min · norm 3.37
42.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
33.1%norm 43.5%
67.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
63.0%norm 56.3%
30.57/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mark Hominick

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jorge Gurgel

Distance 78.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mark Hominick

Head 83.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 7.8%)

Jorge Gurgel

Head 86.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hominick L/AAccFeatherweight med Gurgel L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 628 39.5% 40.9% 240 / 845 28.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 13 / 16 too few to rate 70.8% 59 / 103 57.3% 67.3%
On the ground 33 / 46 71.7% 69.2% 57 / 127 44.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 211 / 574 36.8% 37.2% 246 / 930 26.5% 35.0%
To the body 64 / 90 71.1% 68.2% 34 / 49 69.4% 69.1%
To the legs 19 / 26 73.1% 80.7% 76 / 96 79.2% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hominick L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Gurgel L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 244 / 856 28.5% 39.2% 253 / 807 31.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 59 / 103 57.3% 68.6%
On the ground 84 / 152 55.3% 69.4% 63 / 103 61.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 879 26.1% 35.9% 275 / 871 31.6% 35.1%
To the body 33 / 57 57.9% 67.9% 70 / 97 72.2% 68.1%
To the legs 73 / 87 83.9% 81.5% 30 / 45 66.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
625.0% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.38
1463.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
555.6% def · norm 64.0%
6:007.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
26:1825.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
20:183:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
15:452:15 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.19/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.49

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

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