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Mark Scanlon vs.
Pascal Krauss

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

0-1-0 Mark Scanlon · UFC
2-2-0 Pascal Krauss · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
Age
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
188.7
Layoff (months)Δ 33.5 mo
155.2
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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 Scanlon is a submission threat — 2.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Mark Scanlon hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Pascal Krauss is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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 Scanlon

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Pascal Krauss

Full career not yet synced for Pascal Krauss — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

332.20/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2675.45/min · norm 3.17
503.33/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1903.88/min · norm 3.06
35.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 44.9%
49.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mark Scanlon

Distance 84.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)

Pascal Krauss

Distance 77.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mark Scanlon

Head 88.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 8.4%)

Pascal Krauss

Head 79.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Scanlon L/AAccWelterweight med Krauss L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 79 32.9% 38.6% 176 / 437 40.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 9 too few to rate 67.8% 60 / 85 70.6% 67.8%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 31 / 39 79.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 83 33.7% 37.2% 172 / 448 38.4% 37.2%
To the body 2 / 7 too few to rate 70.7% 46 / 61 75.4% 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.9% 49 / 52 94.2% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Scanlon L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Krauss L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 11 / 47 23.4% 39.0% 139 / 383 36.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 14 / 18 too few to rate 68.9% 25 / 41 61.0% 68.9%
On the ground 25 / 33 75.8% 68.0% 26 / 41 63.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 67 35.8% 35.6% 133 / 386 34.5% 35.6%
To the body 21 / 25 84.0% 69.6% 30 / 50 60.0% 69.6%
To the legs 5 / 6 too few to rate 82.1% 27 / 29 93.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

375.0% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
550.0% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.27
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1260.0% def · norm 63.9%
3:1621.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:4027.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
8:098:09 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
10:573:21 per 15 · norm 3:15
22.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.92/15 · norm 0.45

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

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