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Marlon Vera vs. Guangyou Ning

UFC 16-11-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-11-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 11 yrs
44
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
5'4"
70"
ReachΔ 6"
64"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
1
Layoff (months)Δ 117.8 mo
118.8
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Marlon Vera carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Guangyou Ning is hard to hit — absorbs 1.91 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.50 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marlon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Guangyou Ning

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15524.24/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1462.66/min · norm 3.52
19735.39/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1051.91/min · norm 3.50
47.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 44.7%
49.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 54.8%
160.66/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Marlon Vera

Distance 85.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.4%)

Guangyou Ning

Distance 85.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Marlon Vera

Head 68.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Guangyou Ning

Head 68.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vera L/AAccBantamweight med Ning L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1220 / 2775 44.0% 39.2% 111 / 300 37.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 167 / 214 78.0% 69.0% 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 165 / 249 66.3% 70.2% 25 / 36 69.4% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 839 / 2231 37.6% 35.3% 77 / 242 31.8% 37.1%
To the body 341 / 548 62.2% 66.9% 26 / 43 60.5% 68.0%
To the legs 372 / 459 81.0% 79.2% 43 / 66 65.2% 80.3%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ning L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1664 / 3473 47.9% 39.4% 80 / 236 33.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 140 / 204 68.6% 70.6% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 169 / 238 71.0% 72.1% 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1190 / 2904 41.0% 34.9% 40 / 171 23.4% 35.9%
To the body 464 / 631 73.5% 66.1% 26 / 45 57.8% 68.0%
To the legs 319 / 380 83.9% 78.8% 39 / 56 69.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1445.2% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
450.0% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.17
6772.0% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 61.5%
32:549.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
11:5421.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
65:262:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
3:170:53 per 15 · norm 3:11
180.74/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.27/15 · norm 0.45

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