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Marvin Vettori vs. Kevin Holland

UFC 9-9-1 vs. 16-12-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-9-1
UFC record
16-12-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 7"
81"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
6.3
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marvin Vettori outworks the Middleweight division — 4.76 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Marvin Vettori absorbs 4.57 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Kevin Holland is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marvin Vettori

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Kevin Holland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1812
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15404.76/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
12884.18/min · norm 3.23
14804.57/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10173.30/min · norm 3.20
45.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 47.4%
56.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 53.8%
10.05/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marvin Vettori

Distance 92.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 10.0%)

Kevin Holland

Distance 82.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Marvin Vettori

Head 88.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Kevin Holland

Head 70.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vettori L/AAccMiddleweight med Holland L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1353 / 3122 43.3% 40.5% 962 / 2122 45.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 85 / 129 65.9% 70.6% 173 / 238 72.7% 70.6%
On the ground 102 / 141 72.3% 69.4% 153 / 203 75.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1206 / 2996 40.3% 38.8% 704 / 1797 39.2% 38.8%
To the body 153 / 193 79.3% 71.6% 242 / 360 67.2% 71.6%
To the legs 181 / 203 89.2% 83.3% 342 / 406 84.2% 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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Vettori L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Holland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1351 / 3203 42.2% 39.5% 741 / 1548 47.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 87 / 126 69.0% 70.4% 112 / 165 67.9% 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 62 67.7% 69.0% 164 / 319 51.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 918 / 2657 34.6% 37.9% 574 / 1442 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 261 / 366 71.3% 71.3% 250 / 369 67.8% 71.3%
To the legs 301 / 368 81.8% 82.1% 193 / 221 87.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2942.6% acc · 1.34/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1739.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.35
4167.2% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
6757.8% def · norm 63.3%
57:1417.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
40:4613.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
19:420:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
100:394:53 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.37/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
130.63/15 · norm 0.45

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