Sam Sicilia vs.
Cristiano Marcello
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Sam Sicilia
Full career not yet synced for Sam Sicilia — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Cristiano Marcello
Full career not yet synced for Cristiano Marcello — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Sam Sicilia
Distance 82.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 6.5%)
Cristiano Marcello
Distance 92.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Sam Sicilia
Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)
Cristiano Marcello
Head 80.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sicilia L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Marcello L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 168 / 626 | 26.8% | 40.9% | 151 / 468 | 32.3% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 56 | 57.1% | 70.8% | 17 / 34 | 50.0% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 55 / 79 | 69.6% | 69.2% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 175 / 641 | 27.3% | 37.2% | 117 / 407 | 28.7% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 50 / 81 | 61.7% | 68.2% | 32 / 64 | 50.0% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 30 / 39 | 76.9% | 80.7% | 21 / 36 | 58.3% | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Sicilia L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Marcello L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 318 / 832 | 38.2% | 39.2% | 164 / 415 | 39.5% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 25 / 41 | 61.0% | 70.3% | 30 / 44 | 68.2% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 69.4% | 16 / 36 | 44.4% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 237 / 699 | 33.9% | 35.9% | 168 / 437 | 38.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 61 / 117 | 52.1% | 67.9% | 29 / 37 | 78.4% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 70 / 87 | 80.5% | 81.5% | 13 / 21 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sicilia has more cage time on record.