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Roan Carneiro 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.

4-5-0 Roan Carneiro · 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.

4-5-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48.2
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
48.5
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
113.8
Layoff (months)Δ 20.9 mo
134.7
LWLWL
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.

Roan Carneiro is a submission threat — 1.54 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Roan Carneiro hunts takedowns — 3.08 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Mark Munoz hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

Roan Carneiro

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Mark Munoz

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

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

1331.51/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3943.02/min · norm 3.25
1471.67/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3072.35/min · norm 3.20
48.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 47.4%
65.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Roan Carneiro

Distance 60.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 28.2% (norm 8.1%)

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)

Roan Carneiro

Head 85.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (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 Carneiro L/AAccWelterweight med Munoz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 168 36.3% 38.6% 124 / 355 34.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 31 80.6% 67.8% 98 / 162 60.5% 70.3%
On the ground 47 / 78 60.3% 67.2% 172 / 265 64.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 236 41.5% 37.2% 231 / 586 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 18 / 24 too few to rate 70.7% 114 / 134 85.1% 71.7%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 82.9% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Carneiro L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Munoz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 267 22.8% 39.0% 161 / 484 33.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 24 / 35 68.6% 68.9% 91 / 144 63.2% 70.9%
On the ground 62 / 122 50.8% 68.0% 55 / 78 70.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 342 26.0% 35.6% 186 / 554 33.6% 37.9%
To the body 33 / 50 66.0% 69.6% 82 / 109 75.2% 71.3%
To the legs 25 / 32 78.1% 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.

1847.4% acc · 3.08/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2830.1% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.42
583.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 63.1%
38:0043.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
42:5232.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
21:153:37 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
28:083:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
91.54/15 · norm 0.45
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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