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Spencer Fisher vs.
Frankie Edgar

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

9-8-0 Spencer Fisher · UFC
18-11-1 Frankie Edgar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-8-0
UFC record
18-11-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
50.2
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
44.8
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
169.4
Layoff (months)Δ 124.6 mo
44.8
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Frankie Edgar hunts takedowns — 2.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Spencer Fisher is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Spencer Fisher rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Spencer Fisher

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

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Frankie Edgar

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

In the UFC: 17-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6373.17/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
18013.77/min · norm 3.54
6093.03/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
13462.82/min · norm 3.47
43.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
40.5%norm 45.0%
64.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.9%norm 54.85%
30.22/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.09/15 · norm 0.29

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

Spencer Fisher

Distance 76.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 8.0%)

Frankie Edgar

Distance 82.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Spencer Fisher

Head 71.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.9%)

Frankie Edgar

Head 79.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fisher L/AAccLightweight med Edgar L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 404 / 1122 36.0% 37.9% 1263 / 3672 34.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 172 / 241 71.4% 67.3% 129 / 207 62.3% 70.8%
On the ground 61 / 101 60.4% 69.1% 409 / 572 71.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 305 / 1049 29.1% 35.0% 1195 / 3545 33.7% 37.2%
To the body 203 / 262 77.5% 69.1% 344 / 566 60.8% 68.2%
To the legs 129 / 153 84.3% 81.9% 262 / 340 77.1% 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Fisher L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Edgar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 377 / 1301 29.0% 38.9% 1159 / 3660 31.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 111 / 151 73.5% 68.6% 93 / 156 59.6% 70.3%
On the ground 121 / 246 49.2% 68.0% 94 / 135 69.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 1324 25.9% 35.1% 995 / 3447 28.9% 35.9%
To the body 146 / 228 64.0% 68.1% 204 / 317 64.4% 67.9%
To the legs 120 / 146 82.2% 81.5% 147 / 187 78.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

930.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
7331.5% acc · 2.29/15 · norm 1.19
5860.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4265.6% def · norm 61.5%
25:1312.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
105:3722.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
74:105:32 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
16:260:30 per 15 · norm 3:12
100.75/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
100.31/15 · norm 0.46

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

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