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Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman

UFC 8-7-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-7-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
49
AgeΔ 12 yrs
61
6'4"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
79"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
168.2
Layoff (months)Δ 32.2 mo
200.4
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Stephan Bonnar is a submission threat — 1.12 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Mark Coleman hunts takedowns — 4.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Mark Coleman owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Stephan Bonnar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 88
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Mark Coleman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 75

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4592.65/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2432.71/min · norm 1.46
5012.89/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2342.61/min · norm 1.68
39.7%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
55.5%norm 45.8%
52.4%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
39.7%norm 49.0%
20.17/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Stephan Bonnar

Distance 62.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 10.6%)

Mark Coleman

Distance 31.5% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 57.3% (norm 28.7%)

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

Stephan Bonnar

Head 83.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 9.7%)

Mark Coleman

Head 94.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bonnar L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 199 / 725 27.4% 41.5% 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8%
In the clinch 147 / 245 60.0% 70.8% 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8%
On the ground 113 / 185 61.1% 72.9% 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 961 33.7% 39.2% 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3%
To the body 89 / 125 71.2% 72.0% 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 46 / 69 66.7% 82.1% 6 / 7 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Bonnar L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 297 / 735 40.4% 40.6% 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0%
In the clinch 148 / 233 63.5% 68.8% 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7%
On the ground 56 / 85 65.9% 70.4% 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 819 39.6% 37.7% 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0%
To the body 90 / 113 79.6% 72.9% 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9%
To the legs 87 / 121 71.9% 83.1% 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1741.5% acc · 1.47/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2550.0% acc · 4.18/15 · norm 1.15
3158.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 66.7%
59:2934.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
16:0044.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
38:123:18 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
9:481:38 per 15 · norm 0:39
131.12/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
81.34/15 · norm 1.34

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