Alan Patrick vs. John Makdessi

UFC 5-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 11-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
11-9-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 6"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
50.8
Layoff (months)Δ 15.8 mo
35
LNCLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alan Patrick hunts takedowns — 3.01 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
John Makdessi rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Alan Patrick owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alan Patrick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

John Makdessi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2091.82/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
13405.52/min · norm 3.42
3382.95/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
10084.15/min · norm 3.37
40.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 43.5%
43.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
68.0%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.37/15 · norm 0.25

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

Alan Patrick

Distance 80.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 8.0%)

John Makdessi

Distance 93.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Alan Patrick

Head 75.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 7.9%)

John Makdessi

Head 63.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Patrick L/AAccLightweight med Makdessi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 414 33.8% 37.9% 1249 / 2520 49.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 24 / 36 66.7% 67.3% 64 / 115 55.7% 67.3%
On the ground 45 / 63 71.4% 69.1% 27 / 55 49.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 385 33.0% 35.0% 678 / 1707 39.7% 35.0%
To the body 53 / 95 55.8% 69.1% 325 / 567 57.3% 69.1%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 81.9% 337 / 416 81.0% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Patrick L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Makdessi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 384 46.6% 38.9% 942 / 3050 30.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 60 / 82 73.2% 68.6% 41 / 66 62.1% 68.6%
On the ground 99 / 132 75.0% 68.0% 25 / 38 65.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 214 / 439 48.7% 35.1% 572 / 2497 22.9% 35.1%
To the body 93 / 125 74.4% 68.1% 204 / 363 56.2% 68.1%
To the legs 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5% 232 / 294 78.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2333.3% acc · 3.01/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
743.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4486.3% def · norm 64.0%
42:1136.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:481.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
22:042:53 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
9:310:35 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.26/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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