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Nick Catone vs.
Mark Munoz

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

4-4-0 Nick Catone · UFC
9-6-0 Mark Munoz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
44
AgeΔ 4 yrs
48
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
150.1
Layoff (months)Δ 15.4 mo
134.7
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLW
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.

Nick Catone hunts takedowns — 3.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mark Munoz hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Nick Catone owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 20% 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.

Nick Catone

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Mark Munoz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1962.11/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3943.02/min · norm 3.25
2162.32/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3072.35/min · norm 3.20
44.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 47.4%
63.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Nick Catone

Distance 64.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 10.3%)

Mark Munoz

Distance 45.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 33.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Nick Catone

Head 79.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Mark Munoz

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Catone L/AAccMiddleweight med Munoz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 281 29.2% 40.5% 124 / 355 34.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 47 / 75 62.7% 70.3% 98 / 162 60.5% 70.3%
On the ground 67 / 83 80.7% 69.1% 172 / 265 64.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 125 / 349 35.8% 38.9% 231 / 586 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 35 / 51 68.6% 71.7% 114 / 134 85.1% 71.7%
To the legs 36 / 39 92.3% 83.3% 49 / 62 79.0% 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 Catone L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Munoz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 126 / 461 27.3% 39.5% 161 / 484 33.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 66 / 92 71.7% 70.9% 91 / 144 63.2% 70.9%
On the ground 24 / 34 70.6% 69.0% 55 / 78 70.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 467 25.7% 37.9% 186 / 554 33.6% 37.9%
To the body 48 / 67 71.6% 71.3% 82 / 109 75.2% 71.3%
To the legs 48 / 53 90.6% 82.1% 39 / 43 90.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2344.2% acc · 3.71/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2830.1% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.42
2083.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 63.1%
33:4236.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
42:5232.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:501:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
28:083:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.48/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.57/15 · norm 0.47

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

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