Mike de la Torre vs.
Mark Bocek
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Mike de la Torre
Full career not yet synced for Mike de la Torre — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Mark Bocek
Full career not yet synced for Mark Bocek — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mike de la Torre
Distance 80.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)
Mark Bocek
Distance 52.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 30.4% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mike de la Torre
Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 7.8%)
Mark Bocek
Head 79.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Torre L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Bocek L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 81 / 272 | 29.8% | 40.9% | 105 / 417 | 25.2% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 37 / 50 | 74.0% | 70.8% | 107 / 136 | 78.7% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 15 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 135 / 242 | 55.8% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 105 / 305 | 34.4% | 37.2% | 212 / 630 | 33.7% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 25 / 31 | 80.6% | 68.2% | 74 / 96 | 77.1% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 61 / 69 | 88.4% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Torre L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Bocek L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 82 / 255 | 32.2% | 39.2% | 181 / 630 | 28.7% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 80 / 103 | 77.7% | 70.3% | 103 / 143 | 72.0% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 35 / 49 | 71.4% | 69.4% | 60 / 98 | 61.2% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 137 / 321 | 42.7% | 35.9% | 237 / 728 | 32.6% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 48 / 72 | 66.7% | 67.9% | 66 / 96 | 68.8% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 41 / 47 | 87.2% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Bocek has more cage time on record.