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Mike Malott vs. Mickey Gall

UFC 8-1-0 vs. 6-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-1-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 0 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 23 mo
23.1
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mickey Gall is a submission threat — 1.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Mike Malott carries real power — 1.07 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Mickey Gall absorbs 4.72 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3384.03/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3663.50/min · norm 3.17
2302.74/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4944.72/min · norm 3.08
54.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
49.6%norm 44.75%
58.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 55.25%
61.07/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mike Malott

Distance 87.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.1%)

Mickey Gall

Distance 82.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mike Malott

Head 71.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 8.0%)

Mickey Gall

Head 86.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.0%)

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 275 / 549 50.1% 38.5% 281 / 612 45.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 20 / 27 74.1% 67.8% 41 / 59 69.5% 67.8%
On the ground 43 / 50 86.0% 67.0% 44 / 67 65.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 447 43.8% 36.4% 288 / 636 45.3% 36.4%
To the body 80 / 108 74.1% 70.7% 58 / 79 73.4% 70.7%
To the legs 62 / 71 87.3% 83.0% 20 / 23 too few to rate 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 176 / 478 36.8% 39.1% 336 / 765 43.9% 39.1%
In the clinch 10 / 22 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 145 / 440 33.0% 35.6% 361 / 814 44.3% 35.6%
To the body 35 / 47 74.5% 69.6% 86 / 117 73.5% 69.6%
To the legs 50 / 70 71.4% 82.2% 47 / 49 95.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
857.1% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
832.0% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 1.31
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
637.5% def · norm 63.9%
13:2416.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
17:5617.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:470:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
26:483:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.54/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
111.58/15 · norm 0.44

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