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Mark Munoz vs.
Matt Hamill

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

9-6-0 Mark Munoz · UFC
10-5-0 Matt Hamill · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 1 yrs
49
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 5"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
134.7
Layoff (months)Δ 19.2 mo
153.9
WLLLW
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.

Matt Hamill hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Mark Munoz hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mark Munoz owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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 Munoz

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

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Matt Hamill

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3943.02/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5713.69/min · norm 3.41
3072.35/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5893.80/min · norm 3.35
50.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 48.3%
56.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 52.9%
20.23/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.40

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

Mark Munoz

Distance 45.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 33.9% (norm 10.3%)

Matt Hamill

Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Mark Munoz

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Matt Hamill

Head 89.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Munoz L/AAccMiddleweight med Hamill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 355 34.9% 40.5% 388 / 1082 35.9% 41.4%
In the clinch 98 / 162 60.5% 70.3% 55 / 90 61.1% 70.9%
On the ground 172 / 265 64.9% 69.1% 128 / 174 73.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 586 39.4% 38.9% 467 / 1201 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 114 / 134 85.1% 71.7% 23 / 34 67.6% 71.9%
To the legs 49 / 62 79.0% 83.3% 81 / 111 73.0% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Munoz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hamill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 161 / 484 33.3% 39.5% 463 / 1299 35.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 91 / 144 63.2% 70.9% 69 / 128 53.9% 68.7%
On the ground 55 / 78 70.5% 69.0% 57 / 99 57.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 554 33.6% 37.9% 343 / 1209 28.4% 37.5%
To the body 82 / 109 75.2% 71.3% 110 / 155 71.0% 72.3%
To the legs 39 / 43 90.7% 82.1% 136 / 162 84.0% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2830.1% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3134.1% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
2156.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 66.7%
42:5232.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
36:0023.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
28:083:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:520:22 per 15 · norm 2:48
50.57/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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