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Yancy Medeiros vs.
Sean Spencer

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

6-8-0 (1 NC) Yancy Medeiros · UFC
3-5-0 Sean Spencer · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38.9
AgeΔ 0.2 yrs
39.1
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.3
Layoff (months)Δ 57.5 mo
118.8
LLLLW
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.

Yancy Medeiros carries real power — 1.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Sean Spencer rarely shoots — 0.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Yancy Medeiros absorbs 6.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
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.

Yancy Medeiros

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

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Sean Spencer

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

In the UFC: 0-3 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

5514.49/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4564.24/min · norm 3.17
7586.18/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4324.02/min · norm 3.06
37.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
32.4%norm 44.9%
47.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 55.25%
91.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.42/15 · norm 0.38

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

Yancy Medeiros

Distance 92.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)

Sean Spencer

Distance 92.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Yancy Medeiros

Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.9%)

Sean Spencer

Head 87.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Medeiros L/AAccLightweight med Spencer L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 467 / 1371 34.1% 37.9% 391 / 1302 30.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 47 / 63 74.6% 67.3% 49 / 84 58.3% 67.8%
On the ground 37 / 49 75.5% 69.1% 16 / 20 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 1199 29.8% 35.0% 345 / 1225 28.2% 37.2%
To the body 133 / 213 62.4% 69.1% 77 / 136 56.6% 70.7%
To the legs 61 / 71 85.9% 81.9% 34 / 45 75.6% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Medeiros L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Spencer L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 605 / 1228 49.3% 38.9% 332 / 947 35.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 92 / 134 68.7% 68.6% 60 / 97 61.9% 68.9%
On the ground 61 / 73 83.6% 68.0% 40 / 56 71.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 455 / 1030 44.2% 35.1% 278 / 898 31.0% 35.6%
To the body 181 / 260 69.6% 68.1% 54 / 98 55.1% 69.6%
To the legs 122 / 145 84.1% 81.5% 100 / 104 96.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.14/15 · norm 1.27
2463.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4069.0% def · norm 63.9%
10:298.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:006.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
20:472:32 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
23:143:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.73/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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