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Daniel Marcos

18-1-0 (1 NC)
33y·5' 7"·69" reach·Orthodox
2:47
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.11
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
33%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in May 2025, 133 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 7 recorded bouts, 410 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 62%Body 20%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 14%Ground 3%
And how often each lands
Head49%
Body62%
Legs83%
Distance51%
Clinch88%
Ground92%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

6Wins1 KO · 1 SUB · 4 DEC
1Losses1 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

14%
Oliveira
1%
Grant
6%
Aoriqileng
7%
Castaneda
23%
Yanez
38%
Jackson
42%
Johns

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.26100%7
R25.73135%7
R34.40103%4

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.9
Strikes absorbed / min3.79
Striking accuracyof everything thrown53%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min1.35
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land52%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed85%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.69
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 7 bouts12.2m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

51.4%
Landed at range
663 thrown over 7 bouts
43.0%
Expected
against these opponents
+8.4pp
Gap
above expected
88.5%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WMiles JohnsNov 2025SUB R23:59 ctrl27 str3 td
Significant strikes
27 of 47 · 57%
Total strikes
42 of 69 · 61%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
3:59
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:23
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 56%Body 30%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 52%Clinch 48%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMontel JacksonMay 2025U-DEC5:45 ctrl17 str3 td
Significant strikes
17 of 32 · 53%
Total strikes
24 of 43 · 56%
Takedowns
3 of 7 · 43%
Control
5:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 29%Body 29%Legs 41%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 18%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WAdrian YanezDec 2024S-DEC3:23 ctrl86 str2 td
Significant strikes
86 of 147 · 59%
Total strikes
95 of 156 · 61%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
3:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 10%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 3%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohn CastanedaJun 2024U-DEC1:01 ctrl98 str0 td
Significant strikes
98 of 171 · 57%
Total strikes
101 of 177 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 21%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
NCAoriqilengFeb 2024NC R20:28 ctrl81 str0 td
Significant strikes
81 of 126 · 64%
Total strikes
84 of 129 · 65%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Could not continue, R2 3:28
Low Blows to Aoriqileng
Target
Head 62%Body 15%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 6%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavey GrantJul 2023S-DEC0:13 ctrl48 str1 td
Significant strikes
48 of 140 · 34%
Total strikes
49 of 141 · 35%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 44%Body 13%Legs 44%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSaimon OliveiraJan 2023KO R21:00 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 78 · 68%
Total strikes
59 of 84 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:18
Knees to Body At Distance
Target
Head 58%Body 38%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 30%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.