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Martin Buday vs.
Marcus Buchecha

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

7-1-0 Martin Buday · UFC
0-2-1 Marcus Buchecha · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-1-0
UFC record
0-2-1
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34.7
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
36.6
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 0"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.4
Layoff (months)Δ 9 mo
3.4
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LDL
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.

Marcus Buchecha is a submission threat — 0.40 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Marcus Buchecha hunts takedowns — 2.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Martin Buday rarely shoots — 0.16 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Martin Buday

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Marcus Buchecha

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4234.37/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
591.59/min · norm 3.36
4444.59/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
802.15/min · norm 3.19
52.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 47.8%
56.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 52.5%
10.16/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Martin Buday

Distance 80.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 9.3%)

Marcus Buchecha

Distance 63.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 26.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Martin Buday

Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.6%)

Marcus Buchecha

Head 78.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Buday L/AAccHeavyweight med Buchecha L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 655 46.4% 40.1% 25 / 74 33.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 107 / 137 78.1% 70.6% 8 / 12 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 12 / 20 too few to rate 70.2% 26 / 31 83.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 272 / 643 42.3% 38.9% 41 / 92 44.6% 38.9%
To the body 92 / 103 89.3% 76.8% 15 / 21 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 59 / 66 89.4% 87.8% 3 / 4 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Buday L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Buchecha L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 366 / 900 40.7% 40.7% 57 / 123 46.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 65 / 89 73.0% 70.6% 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 13 / 22 too few to rate 72.0% 17 / 30 56.7% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 758 31.8% 38.8% 62 / 139 44.6% 38.8%
To the body 141 / 179 78.8% 75.1% 11 / 14 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 62 / 74 83.8% 84.4% 7 / 8 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

125.0% acc · 0.16/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
516.1% acc · 2.02/15 · norm 0.95
1493.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.3%
22:2823.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
12:3433.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
17:422:44 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
9:243:47 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.16/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.40/15 · norm 0.16

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

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