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Nate Marquardt vs.
Jeremy Horn

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

13-12-0 Nate Marquardt · UFC
6-7-0 Jeremy Horn · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

13-12-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
47.3
AgeΔ 3.6 yrs
50.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
104.8
Layoff (months)Δ 105.8 mo
210.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Jeremy Horn is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Nate Marquardt carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Nate Marquardt is a submission threat — 0.88 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
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.

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

Jeremy Horn

Full career not yet synced for Jeremy Horn — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6352.65/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1551.54/min · norm 3.25
4962.07/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2001.99/min · norm 3.20
51.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 47.4%
58.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 53.8%
120.75/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Jeremy Horn

Distance 66.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 18.2% (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%)

Jeremy Horn

Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.9% (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/AAccMiddleweight med Horn L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 393 / 884 44.5% 40.5% 80 / 237 33.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 109 / 153 71.2% 70.3% 30 / 56 53.6% 70.3%
On the ground 133 / 199 66.8% 69.1% 45 / 65 69.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 374 / 906 41.3% 38.9% 95 / 282 33.7% 38.9%
To the body 124 / 165 75.2% 71.7% 31 / 37 83.8% 71.7%
To the legs 137 / 165 83.0% 83.3% 29 / 39 74.4% 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Horn L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 357 / 972 36.7% 39.5% 90 / 299 30.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 57 / 106 53.8% 70.9% 46 / 60 76.7% 70.9%
On the ground 82 / 112 73.2% 69.0% 64 / 118 54.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 937 33.2% 37.9% 140 / 402 34.8% 37.9%
To the body 85 / 125 68.0% 71.3% 31 / 43 72.1% 71.3%
To the legs 100 / 128 78.1% 82.1% 29 / 32 90.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3358.9% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1132.4% acc · 1.64/15 · norm 1.42
4271.2% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1031.3% def · norm 63.1%
66:3727.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
14:3318.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
38:362:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:134:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
140.88/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
121.79/15 · norm 0.47

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

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