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Nate Marquardt vs.
Tamdan McCrory

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
4-5-0 Tamdan McCrory · 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
4-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47.3
AgeΔ 7.5 yrs
39.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
104.8
Layoff (months)Δ 13.3 mo
118.1
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Tamdan McCrory is a submission threat — 2.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Nate Marquardt carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Tamdan McCrory owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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

Tamdan McCrory

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 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
1602.06/min · norm 3.17
4962.07/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1241.59/min · norm 3.06
51.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.8%norm 44.9%
58.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
46.3%norm 55.25%
120.75/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Tamdan McCrory

Distance 50.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 32.0% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Tamdan McCrory

Head 80.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.3% (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 McCrory L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 393 / 884 44.5% 40.5% 59 / 164 36.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 109 / 153 71.2% 70.3% 33 / 59 55.9% 67.8%
On the ground 133 / 199 66.8% 69.1% 68 / 105 64.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 374 / 906 41.3% 38.9% 109 / 263 41.4% 37.2%
To the body 124 / 165 75.2% 71.7% 31 / 41 75.6% 70.7%
To the legs 137 / 165 83.0% 83.3% 20 / 24 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Marquardt L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs McCrory L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 357 / 972 36.7% 39.5% 68 / 142 47.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 57 / 106 53.8% 70.9% 9 / 15 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 82 / 112 73.2% 69.0% 47 / 74 63.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 937 33.2% 37.9% 53 / 134 39.6% 35.6%
To the body 85 / 125 68.0% 71.3% 36 / 49 73.5% 69.6%
To the legs 100 / 128 78.1% 82.1% 35 / 48 72.9% 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
1147.8% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 1.27
4271.2% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
531.3% def · norm 63.9%
66:3727.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
28:0536.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
38:362:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
29:065:36 per 15 · norm 3:15
140.88/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
112.12/15 · norm 0.45

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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