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Wendell Oliveira Marques vs.
Darren Till

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

0-2-0 Wendell Oliveira Marques · UFC
6-5-1 Darren Till · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
6-5-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43.2
AgeΔ 9.6 yrs
33.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
134.2
Layoff (months)Δ 90.3 mo
43.9
LL
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.

Wendell Oliveira Marques rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Darren Till rarely shoots — 0.55 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Wendell Oliveira Marques is wasteful with head shots — only 21% land, vs a 37% 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.

Wendell Oliveira Marques

Full career not yet synced for Wendell Oliveira Marques — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Darren Till

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

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

303.77/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3752.30/min · norm 3.17
354.40/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5403.31/min · norm 3.06
47.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.9%
47.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.46/15 · norm 0.38

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

Wendell Oliveira Marques

Distance 66.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 33.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Darren Till

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Wendell Oliveira Marques

Head 54.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 1.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 44.4% (norm 8.4%)

Darren Till

Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Marques L/AAccWelterweight med Till L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 12 / 42 28.6% 38.6% 284 / 669 42.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 18 / 21 too few to rate 67.8% 39 / 61 63.9% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 52 / 71 73.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 34 20.6% 37.2% 258 / 649 39.8% 37.2%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.7% 52 / 71 73.2% 70.7%
To the legs 22 / 28 78.6% 82.9% 65 / 81 80.2% 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 Marques L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Till L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 53 49.1% 39.0% 278 / 874 31.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 2 too few to rate 68.9% 122 / 171 71.3% 68.9%
On the ground 9 / 12 too few to rate 68.0% 140 / 190 73.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 25 / 52 48.1% 35.6% 329 / 940 35.0% 35.6%
To the body 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.6% 74 / 113 65.5% 69.6%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 82.1% 137 / 182 75.3% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.27
2100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3769.8% def · norm 63.9%
1:5924.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
10:456.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:072:06 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
31:232:52 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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