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Mike Malott vs.
Mickey Gall

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

7-1-0 Mike Malott · UFC
6-7-0 Mickey Gall · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-1-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34.7
AgeΔ 0.2 yrs
34.5
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 17 mo
20.6
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Mickey Gall is a submission threat — 1.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Mike Malott carries real power — 0.98 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Mickey Gall absorbs 4.72 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
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.

Mike Malott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

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

Mickey Gall

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3013.94/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3663.50/min · norm 3.17
2162.83/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4944.72/min · norm 3.06
52.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.6%norm 44.9%
57.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 55.25%
50.98/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Mickey Gall

Distance 82.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.1% (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%)

Mickey Gall

Head 86.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (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/AAccWelterweight med Gall L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 254 / 515 49.3% 38.6% 281 / 612 45.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 5 / 12 too few to rate 67.8% 41 / 59 69.5% 67.8%
On the ground 42 / 49 85.7% 67.2% 44 / 67 65.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 181 / 423 42.8% 37.2% 288 / 636 45.3% 37.2%
To the body 60 / 84 71.4% 70.7% 58 / 79 73.4% 70.7%
To the legs 60 / 69 87.0% 82.9% 20 / 23 too few to rate 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/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Gall L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 166 / 429 38.7% 39.0% 336 / 765 43.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 6 / 18 too few to rate 68.9% 41 / 56 73.2% 68.9%
On the ground 44 / 57 77.2% 68.0% 117 / 159 73.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 139 / 395 35.2% 35.6% 361 / 814 44.3% 35.6%
To the body 31 / 43 72.1% 69.6% 86 / 117 73.5% 69.6%
To the legs 46 / 66 69.7% 82.1% 47 / 49 95.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

857.1% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
832.0% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 1.27
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
637.5% def · norm 63.9%
11:5915.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
17:5617.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:390:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:483:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.59/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
111.58/15 · norm 0.45

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

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