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Marlon Vera
23-12-1
33y·5' 8"·70" reach·Switch
1:18
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.16
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
73%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.9
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed
How they fight
Every significant strike they have landed across 26 recorded bouts, 1480 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.
Target
Head 54%Body 22%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 10%Ground 10%
And how often each lands
Head37%
Body61%
Legs81%
Distance44%
Clinch77%
Ground67%
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.
15Wins7 KO · 4 SUB · 4 DEC
11Losses11 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.
40%
Beltran
1%
Salazar
9%
Grant
18%
Ning
0%
Pickett
5%
Kelleher
0%
Lineker
0%
Andrade
10%
Wulijiburen
21%
Cannetti
4%
Saenz
28%
Hernandez
9%
Ewell
22%
Yadong
4%
O'Malley
19%
Aldo
35%
Grant
0%
Edgar
8%
Font
1%
Cruz
1%
Sandhagen
0%
Munhoz
0%
O'Malley
1%
Figueiredo
0%
Zahabi
0%
Martinez
As the fight goes on
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
R12.81100%26
R24.43157%23
R35.54197%19
R45.03179%4
R54.53161%3
Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.
Career numbers
Strikes landed / min4.18
Strikes absorbed / min5.34
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed50%
Takedowns / 15 min0.47
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land39%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed71%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.52
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 26 bouts13.6m
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.
43.9%
Landed at range
2,563 thrown over 25 bouts
36.1%
Expected
against these opponents
+7.8pp
Gap
above expected
87.2%
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
LDavid MartinezFeb 2026U-DEC0:04 ctrl42 str0 td
Significant strikes
42 of 145 · 29%
Total strikes
52 of 156 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 26%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
LAiemann ZahabiOct 2025S-DEC0:03 ctrl56 str0 td
Significant strikes
56 of 152 · 37%
Total strikes
56 of 153 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 25%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
LDeiveson FigueiredoAug 2024U-DEC0:08 ctrl52 str0 td
Significant strikes
52 of 117 · 44%
Total strikes
67 of 136 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 29%Body 29%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 12%Ground 0%
LSean O'MalleyMar 2024U-DEC0:00 ctrl89 str0 td
Significant strikes
89 of 241 · 37%
Total strikes
89 of 241 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 46%Body 16%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
WPedro MunhozAug 2023U-DEC0:00 ctrl141 str0 td
Significant strikes
141 of 251 · 56%
Total strikes
141 of 251 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 77%Body 6%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
LCory SandhagenMar 2023S-DEC0:09 ctrl58 str0 td
Significant strikes
58 of 158 · 37%
Total strikes
73 of 177 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 48%Body 22%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
WDominick CruzAug 2022KO R40:10 ctrl61 str0 td
Significant strikes
61 of 156 · 39%
Total strikes
63 of 160 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 2:17
Kick to Head At DistanceTarget
Head 57%Body 21%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 8%Ground 3%
WRob FontApr 2022U-DEC2:05 ctrl159 str0 td
Significant strikes
159 of 283 · 56%
Total strikes
167 of 291 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:05
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 14%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 3%Ground 14%
WFrankie EdgarNov 2021KO R30:01 ctrl88 str0 td
Significant strikes
88 of 164 · 54%
Total strikes
110 of 187 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:50
Kick to Head At Distance Front KickTarget
Head 68%Body 25%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 1%Ground 14%
WDavey GrantJun 2021U-DEC5:15 ctrl105 str2 td
Significant strikes
105 of 162 · 65%
Total strikes
112 of 172 · 65%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
5:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 59%Body 27%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 18%Ground 24%
LJose AldoDec 2020U-DEC2:51 ctrl46 str0 td
Significant strikes
46 of 82 · 56%
Total strikes
92 of 133 · 69%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
2:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 17%Body 24%Legs 59%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 26%Ground 0%
WSean O'MalleyAug 2020KO R10:11 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 30 · 60%
Total strikes
18 of 30 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:40
Elbows to Head From GuardTarget
Head 28%Body 22%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 61%Clinch 0%Ground 39%
LSong YadongMay 2020U-DEC3:15 ctrl92 str2 td
Significant strikes
92 of 164 · 56%
Total strikes
115 of 187 · 61%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
3:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 32%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 22%Ground 4%
WAndre EwellOct 2019KO R31:12 ctrl80 str0 td
Significant strikes
80 of 133 · 60%
Total strikes
87 of 140 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:17
Elbows to Head From Half GuardTarget
Head 51%Body 24%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 19%Ground 18%
WNohelin HernandezJul 2019SUB R22:22 ctrl10 str1 td
Significant strikes
10 of 27 · 37%
Total strikes
26 of 54 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:25
Rear Naked ChokeTarget
Head 50%Body 10%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 0%Ground 30%
WFrankie SaenzMar 2019KO R10:03 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 16 · 75%
Total strikes
13 of 17 · 76%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:25
Punch to Head At DistanceTarget
Head 58%Body 0%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 0%Ground 42%
WGuido CannettiNov 2018SUB R21:21 ctrl24 str2 td
Significant strikes
24 of 35 · 69%
Total strikes
36 of 48 · 75%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:21
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:31
Rear Naked ChokeTarget
Head 54%Body 42%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 13%Clinch 71%Ground 17%
WWulijiburenAug 2018KO R21:01 ctrl45 str1 td
Significant strikes
45 of 86 · 52%
Total strikes
59 of 102 · 58%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
1:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:53
Punch to Body At DistanceTarget
Head 53%Body 18%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 18%Ground 16%
LDouglas Silva de AndradeFeb 2018U-DEC0:01 ctrl72 str0 td
Significant strikes
72 of 191 · 38%
Total strikes
75 of 195 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 39%Body 31%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
LJohn LinekerOct 2017U-DEC0:00 ctrl49 str0 td
Significant strikes
49 of 117 · 42%
Total strikes
50 of 118 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 20%Legs 37%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 12%Ground 0%
WBrian KelleherJul 2017SUB R10:07 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 15 · 33%
Total strikes
5 of 15 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:18
Armbar On GroundTarget
Head 40%Body 40%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 20%Ground 0%
WBrad PickettMar 2017KO R30:04 ctrl67 str0 td
Significant strikes
67 of 143 · 47%
Total strikes
72 of 149 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:50
Kick to Head At DistanceTarget
Head 58%Body 13%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 7%Ground 4%
WGuangyou NingNov 2016U-DEC2:44 ctrl36 str1 td
Significant strikes
36 of 72 · 50%
Total strikes
46 of 87 · 53%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
2:44
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 56%Body 22%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 6%Ground 31%
LDavey GrantFeb 2016U-DEC1:24 ctrl23 str1 td
Significant strikes
23 of 66 · 35%
Total strikes
28 of 72 · 39%
Takedowns
1 of 6 · 17%
Control
1:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 39%Body 57%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 26%Ground 17%
WRoman SalazarAug 2015SUB R20:06 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 48 · 52%
Total strikes
26 of 49 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:15
Triangle Armbar From Bottom GuardTarget
Head 68%Body 28%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 44%Clinch 8%Ground 48%
LMarco BeltranNov 2014U-DEC6:02 ctrl25 str1 td
Significant strikes
25 of 56 · 45%
Total strikes
30 of 62 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
6:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 28%Clinch 8%Ground 64%