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Marvin Eastman vs.
Travis Lutter

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

1-4-0 Marvin Eastman · UFC
2-4-0 Travis Lutter · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-4-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
55.2
AgeΔ 2 yrs
53.2
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
217.5
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
219.5
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Travis Lutter is wasteful with strikes at range — only 14% land, vs a 40% Middleweight norm.
Marvin Eastman is wasteful with strikes at range — only 15% land, vs a 41% Light Heavyweight norm.
Travis Lutter's takedown defense leaks — 30% stopped, vs a 63% 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.

Marvin Eastman

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

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

Travis Lutter

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

692.18/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
190.41/min · norm 3.25
1243.92/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1122.42/min · norm 3.20
34.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
32.2%norm 47.4%
42.1%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
42.6%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.32/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marvin Eastman

Distance 67.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 32.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

Travis Lutter

Distance 62.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 27.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Marvin Eastman

Head 78.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 9.7%)

Travis Lutter

Head 88.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Eastman L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Lutter L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 20 / 134 14.9% 41.4% 5 / 37 13.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 49 / 65 75.4% 70.9% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3% 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 156 19.9% 38.9% 13 / 52 25.0% 38.9%
To the body 20 / 21 too few to rate 71.9% 6 / 7 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 18 / 22 too few to rate 81.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Eastman L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Lutter L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 95 26.3% 40.4% 31 / 89 34.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 91 / 109 83.5% 68.7% 57 / 68 83.8% 70.9%
On the ground 8 / 10 too few to rate 70.4% 24 / 38 63.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 66 / 151 43.7% 37.5% 56 / 132 42.4% 37.9%
To the body 41 / 45 91.1% 72.3% 21 / 25 84.0% 71.3%
To the legs 17 / 18 too few to rate 83.0% 35 / 38 92.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

228.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
624.0% acc · 1.95/15 · norm 1.42
981.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
330.0% def · norm 63.1%
4:5715.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
13:4829.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:453:12 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
18:506:06 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
20.65/15 · norm 0.47

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

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