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Mark Hominick vs.
Yves Edwards

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
10-10-0 (1 NC) Yves Edwards · 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
10-10-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
44
AgeΔ 5.8 yrs
49.8
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
164.6
Layoff (months)Δ 24.2 mo
140.4
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Yves Edwards carries real power — 0.59 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mark Hominick carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Yves Edwards rarely shoots — 0.44 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

Yves Edwards

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2943.75/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5612.75/min · norm 3.42
3354.27/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4842.37/min · norm 3.37
42.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 43.5%
67.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
67.8%norm 56.3%
30.57/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
80.59/15 · 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%)

Yves Edwards

Distance 78.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.2% (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%)

Yves Edwards

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.6% (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 Edwards L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 628 39.5% 40.9% 379 / 1029 36.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 13 / 16 too few to rate 70.8% 94 / 136 69.1% 67.3%
On the ground 33 / 46 71.7% 69.2% 88 / 147 59.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 211 / 574 36.8% 37.2% 303 / 977 31.0% 35.0%
To the body 64 / 90 71.1% 68.2% 124 / 183 67.8% 69.1%
To the legs 19 / 26 73.1% 80.7% 134 / 152 88.2% 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 Edwards L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 244 / 856 28.5% 39.2% 326 / 1254 26.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 88 / 142 62.0% 68.6%
On the ground 84 / 152 55.3% 69.4% 70 / 109 64.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 879 26.1% 35.9% 265 / 1175 22.6% 35.1%
To the body 33 / 57 57.9% 67.9% 125 / 202 61.9% 68.1%
To the legs 73 / 87 83.9% 81.5% 94 / 128 73.4% 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
640.0% acc · 0.44/15 · norm 1.38
1463.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
6971.9% def · norm 64.0%
6:007.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
39:4419.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
20:183:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
49:083:36 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.19/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
100.73/15 · norm 0.49

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

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