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Ryan LaFlare vs.
Anthony Rocco Martin

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

7-3-0 Ryan LaFlare · UFC
9-6-0 Anthony Rocco Martin · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-3-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42.8
AgeΔ 6.1 yrs
36.7
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
94
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
74
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Anthony Rocco Martin is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Ryan LaFlare hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Ryan LaFlare owns the mat — in control 28% 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.

Ryan LaFlare

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

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Anthony Rocco Martin

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

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4272.89/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5112.68/min · norm 3.42
2751.86/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4942.59/min · norm 3.37
40.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.2%norm 43.5%
63.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 56.3%
20.20/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Ryan LaFlare

Distance 77.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 8.1%)

Anthony Rocco Martin

Distance 91.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Ryan LaFlare

Head 69.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 24.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Anthony Rocco Martin

Head 87.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone LaFlare L/AAccWelterweight med Martin L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 277 / 819 33.8% 38.6% 428 / 1254 34.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 75 / 130 57.7% 67.8% 42 / 64 65.6% 67.3%
On the ground 75 / 115 65.2% 67.2% 41 / 56 73.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 208 / 738 28.2% 37.2% 371 / 1202 30.9% 35.0%
To the body 169 / 263 64.3% 70.7% 47 / 62 75.8% 69.1%
To the legs 50 / 63 79.4% 82.9% 93 / 110 84.5% 81.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 LaFlare L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Martin L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 610 30.7% 39.0% 415 / 1086 38.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 35 / 64 54.7% 68.9% 69 / 84 82.1% 68.6%
On the ground 53 / 73 72.6% 68.0% 10 / 14 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 612 30.6% 35.6% 228 / 821 27.8% 35.1%
To the body 47 / 84 56.0% 69.6% 151 / 211 71.6% 68.1%
To the legs 41 / 51 80.4% 82.1% 115 / 152 75.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2144.7% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
927.3% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.38
2359.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3368.8% def · norm 64.0%
42:1028.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
48:2925.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
32:033:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:512:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.20/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
131.02/15 · norm 0.49

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

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