Nate Marquardt vs.
Crafton Wallace
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.
Nate Marquardt
Full career not yet synced for Nate Marquardt — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500
Crafton Wallace
Full career not yet synced for Crafton Wallace — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 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)
Nate Marquardt
Distance 71.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.1% (norm 10.3%)
Crafton Wallace
Distance 96.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Nate Marquardt
Head 73.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)
Crafton Wallace
Head 85.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Marquardt L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Wallace L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 393 / 884 | 44.5% | 40.5% | 5 / 26 | 19.2% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 109 / 153 | 71.2% | 70.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 133 / 199 | 66.8% | 69.1% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 374 / 906 | 41.3% | 38.9% | 3 / 23 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 124 / 165 | 75.2% | 71.7% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 137 / 165 | 83.0% | 83.3% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Marquardt L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Wallace L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 357 / 972 | 36.7% | 39.5% | 10 / 22 | too few to rate | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 57 / 106 | 53.8% | 70.9% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 82 / 112 | 73.2% | 69.0% | 21 / 29 | 72.4% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 311 / 937 | 33.2% | 37.9% | 26 / 46 | 56.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 85 / 125 | 68.0% | 71.3% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 100 / 128 | 78.1% | 82.1% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 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 — Marquardt has more cage time on record.