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Ron Waterman vs.
Chris Condo

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

2-1-1 Ron Waterman · UFC
0-1-0 Chris Condo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-1-1
UFC record
0-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
60
Age
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
315.7
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
327
WDLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Ron Waterman is a submission threat — 1.35 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Chris Condo absorbs 12.86 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Ron Waterman owns the mat — in control 64% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight 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.

Ron Waterman

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Chris Condo

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

932.79/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
00.00/min · norm 3.36
280.84/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
612.86/min · norm 3.19
65.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
0.0%norm 47.8%
56.9%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
25.0%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Ron Waterman

Distance 16.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 35.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 48.3% (norm 9.3%)

Chris Condo

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Ron Waterman

Head 79.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.6%)

Chris Condo

Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Waterman L/AAccHeavyweight med Condo L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 13 / 24 too few to rate 40.1% 0 / 2 too few to rate 40.1%
In the clinch 24 / 50 48.0% 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 56 / 69 81.2% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 113 64.6% 38.9% 0 / 2 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 12 / 16 too few to rate 76.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 8 / 14 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 87.8%

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 · Heavyweight: 93 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 Waterman L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Condo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 36 27.8% 40.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 40.7%
In the clinch 8 / 16 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 13 too few to rate 72.0% 6 / 8 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 50 38.0% 38.8% 6 / 8 too few to rate 38.8%
To the body 7 / 9 too few to rate 75.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 2 / 6 too few to rate 84.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

637.5% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
21:0063.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 17.2%
2:341:09 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 2:28
31.35/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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