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Pete Williams vs.
Mark Coleman

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

3-5-0 Pete Williams · UFC
7-5-0 Mark Coleman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
51.1
AgeΔ 10.5 yrs
61.6
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
292.5
Layoff (months)Δ 94.6 mo
197.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Pete Williams is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Mark Coleman hunts takedowns — 4.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Mark Coleman owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight 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.

Pete Williams

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Mark Coleman

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

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

711.12/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2432.71/min · norm 1.46
1031.63/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2342.61/min · norm 1.68
39.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
55.5%norm 45.8%
56.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
39.7%norm 49.0%
20.47/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Pete Williams

Distance 72.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 11.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 9.3%)

Mark Coleman

Distance 31.5% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 57.3% (norm 28.7%)

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

Pete Williams

Head 75.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 7.6%)

Mark Coleman

Head 94.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Williams L/AAccHeavyweight med Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 40 / 130 30.8% 40.1% 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.6% 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8%
On the ground 20 / 30 66.7% 70.2% 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 136 29.4% 38.9% 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3%
To the body 14 / 22 too few to rate 76.8% 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 87.8% 6 / 7 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Williams L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 105 34.3% 40.7% 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.6% 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7%
On the ground 56 / 111 50.5% 72.0% 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 200 37.0% 38.8% 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0%
To the body 18 / 20 too few to rate 75.1% 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9%
To the legs 11 / 16 too few to rate 84.4% 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2550.0% acc · 4.18/15 · norm 1.15
1445.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 66.7%
7:0217.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
16:0044.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
25:195:59 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
9:481:38 per 15 · norm 0:39
61.42/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
81.34/15 · norm 1.34

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

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