DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Swick

UFC 4-6-0 vs. 10-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-6-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 3 yrs
47
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
166.3
Layoff (months)Δ 33.4 mo
132.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
DaMarques Johnson's takedown defense leaks — 19% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
DaMarques Johnson is a submission threat — 0.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Mike Swick is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

DaMarques Johnson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 129

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.06 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Mike Swick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1342.11/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2872.29/min · norm 3.17
2383.75/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2912.32/min · norm 3.06
37.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
35.8%norm 44.9%
51.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 55.25%
20.47/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.48/15 · norm 0.38

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

DaMarques Johnson

Distance 77.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 8.1%)

Mike Swick

Distance 70.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

DaMarques Johnson

Head 90.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Mike Swick

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccWelterweight med Swick L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 275 29.1% 38.6% 144 / 567 25.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 20 / 32 62.5% 67.8% 109 / 166 65.7% 67.8%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 67.2% 34 / 69 49.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 105 / 320 32.8% 37.2% 144 / 608 23.7% 37.2%
To the body 18 / 24 too few to rate 70.7% 67 / 95 70.5% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 82.9% 76 / 99 76.8% 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 Johnson L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Swick L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 120 / 289 41.5% 39.0% 116 / 426 27.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 51 62.7% 68.9% 134 / 166 80.7% 68.9%
On the ground 86 / 149 57.7% 68.0% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 392 43.4% 35.6% 151 / 466 32.4% 35.6%
To the body 36 / 56 64.3% 69.6% 64 / 92 69.6% 69.6%
To the legs 32 / 41 78.0% 82.1% 76 / 92 82.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
555.6% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.27
419.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2457.1% def · norm 63.9%
13:3421.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
27:3722.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
26:166:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
35:514:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.71/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.60/15 · norm 0.45

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