Steve Byrnes vs.
Logan Clark
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.
Steve Byrnes
Full career not yet synced for Steve Byrnes — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Logan Clark
Full career not yet synced for Logan Clark — 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 +0.0 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)
Steve Byrnes
Distance 8.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 82.9% (norm 10.3%)
Logan Clark
Distance 10.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 40.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 49.1% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Steve Byrnes
Head 94.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Logan Clark
Head 72.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Byrnes L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Clark L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 40.5% | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 14 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 14 / 29 | 48.3% | 69.1% | 24 / 27 | 88.9% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 16 / 33 | 48.5% | 38.9% | 27 / 40 | 67.5% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 11 / 13 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Byrnes L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Clark L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 39.5% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 14 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 24 / 27 | 88.9% | 69.0% | 14 / 29 | 48.3% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 27 / 40 | 67.5% | 37.9% | 16 / 33 | 48.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 11 / 13 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Byrnes has more cage time on record.