Mike Malott vs.
Adam Fugitt
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 Malott
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500
Adam Fugitt
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 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 Malott
Distance 89.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 8.1%)
Adam Fugitt
Distance 92.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mike Malott
Head 73.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.4%)
Adam Fugitt
Head 63.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Malott L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Fugitt L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 254 / 515 | 49.3% | 38.6% | 201 / 443 | 45.4% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 12 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 17 / 25 | 68.0% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 42 / 49 | 85.7% | 67.2% | 6 / 11 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 181 / 423 | 42.8% | 37.2% | 94 / 303 | 31.0% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 60 / 84 | 71.4% | 70.7% | 93 / 131 | 71.0% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 60 / 69 | 87.0% | 82.9% | 37 / 45 | 82.2% | 82.9% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Malott L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Fugitt L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 166 / 429 | 38.7% | 39.0% | 217 / 468 | 46.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 17 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 68.0% | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 139 / 395 | 35.2% | 35.6% | 186 / 434 | 42.9% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 31 / 43 | 72.1% | 69.6% | 36 / 43 | 83.7% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 46 / 66 | 69.7% | 82.1% | 23 / 27 | 85.2% | 82.1% |
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 — Malott has more cage time on record.