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Mitch Clarke vs. John Maguire

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
109.3
Layoff (months)Δ 50.9 mo
160.2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
John Maguire is a submission threat — 1.08 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
John Maguire hunts takedowns — 2.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Mitch Clarke rarely shoots — 0.64 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mitch Clarke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

John Maguire

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 236

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1662.35/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
981.41/min · norm 3.17
2313.27/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1702.44/min · norm 3.08
34.0%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
41.5%norm 44.75%
47.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mitch Clarke

Distance 86.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 8.0%)

John Maguire

Distance 81.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mitch Clarke

Head 70.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.0%)

John Maguire

Head 88.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 5.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Clarke L/AAccLightweight med Maguire L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 421 29.5% 38.3% 64 / 193 33.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 38 / 53 71.7% 67.5% 15 / 19 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 4 / 14 too few to rate 68.8% 19 / 24 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 82 / 342 24.0% 35.1% 74 / 208 35.6% 36.4%
To the body 31 / 57 54.4% 69.1% 12 / 14 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 53 / 89 59.6% 81.8% 12 / 14 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Clarke L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Maguire L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 305 42.3% 38.8% 101 / 379 26.6% 39.1%
In the clinch 45 / 59 76.3% 68.6% 40 / 53 75.5% 68.9%
On the ground 57 / 79 72.2% 68.0% 29 / 60 48.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 184 / 383 48.0% 35.2% 79 / 347 22.8% 35.6%
To the body 33 / 45 73.3% 68.2% 32 / 62 51.6% 69.6%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 81.5% 59 / 83 71.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
315.0% acc · 0.64/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1346.4% acc · 2.80/15 · norm 1.31
1250.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
10:2314.7% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
24:2835.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:315:50 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
13:292:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.43/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
51.08/15 · norm 0.44

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