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Sheldon Westcott vs.
Edgar Garcia

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

1-2-0 Sheldon Westcott · UFC
0-4-0 Edgar Garcia · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
42.5
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
127.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
127.1
WLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Sheldon Westcott owns the mat — in control 57% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Sheldon Westcott hunts takedowns — 3.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Edgar Garcia hunts takedowns — 2.32 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

Sheldon Westcott

Full career not yet synced for Sheldon Westcott — 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 -1.3 wins over .500

Edgar Garcia

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

632.26/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
692.67/min · norm 3.17
1043.73/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1134.37/min · norm 3.06
40.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
27.2%norm 44.9%
37.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Sheldon Westcott

Distance 27.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 47.1% (norm 8.1%)

Edgar Garcia

Distance 86.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Sheldon Westcott

Head 80.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.4%)

Edgar Garcia

Head 92.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Westcott L/AAccWelterweight med Garcia L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 43 23.3% 38.6% 45 / 219 20.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 20 / 39 51.3% 67.8% 7 / 12 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 33 / 73 45.2% 67.2% 17 / 23 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 124 38.7% 37.2% 55 / 235 23.4% 37.2%
To the body 13 / 28 46.4% 70.7% 8 / 12 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 82.9% 6 / 7 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Westcott L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Garcia L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 73 41.1% 39.0% 74 / 198 37.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 33 81.8% 68.9% 5 / 12 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 47 / 60 78.3% 68.0% 34 / 74 45.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 125 58.4% 35.6% 76 / 226 33.6% 35.6%
To the body 24 / 34 70.6% 69.6% 15 / 27 55.6% 69.6%
To the legs 7 / 7 too few to rate 82.1% 22 / 31 71.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

637.5% acc · 3.23/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
457.1% acc · 2.32/15 · norm 1.27
114.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 63.9%
15:4956.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:3413.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:123:52 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
3:432:09 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.58/15 · norm 0.45

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

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