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Mike de la Torre vs. Mark Bocek

UFC 2-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 8-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
114.4
Layoff (months)Δ 35.7 mo
150.1
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mark Bocek owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Mark Bocek is a submission threat — 1.32 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Mike de la Torre rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike de la Torre

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.3 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Mark Bocek

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1333.21/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3472.34/min · norm 3.44
1974.75/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3442.32/min · norm 3.38
39.2%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
43.6%norm 43.65%
51.6%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
60.5%norm 56.3%
10.36/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mike de la Torre

Distance 80.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)

Mark Bocek

Distance 52.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 30.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mike de la Torre

Head 90.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 7.9%)

Mark Bocek

Head 79.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone de la Torre L/AAccFeatherweight med Bocek L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 272 29.8% 40.5% 105 / 417 25.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 37 / 50 74.0% 70.5% 107 / 136 78.7% 67.5%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.3% 135 / 242 55.8% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 105 / 305 34.4% 37.1% 212 / 630 33.7% 35.1%
To the body 25 / 31 80.6% 68.0% 74 / 96 77.1% 69.1%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 80.3% 61 / 69 88.4% 81.8%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 de la Torre L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bocek L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 255 32.2% 39.3% 181 / 630 28.7% 38.8%
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% 35.2%
To the body 48 / 72 66.7% 68.0% 66 / 96 68.8% 68.2%
To the legs 12 / 14 too few to rate 81.5% 41 / 47 87.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
116.7% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
3636.7% acc · 3.65/15 · norm 1.34
3583.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
531.3% def · norm 63.7%
5:4814.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
80:4654.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
18:346:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
23:032:20 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
131.32/15 · norm 0.48

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