Dan Severn vs. Mark Coleman

UFC 9-4-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-4-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
68
AgeΔ 7 yrs
61
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
310.5
Layoff (months)Δ 112.5 mo
198
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mark Coleman hunts takedowns — 4.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Mark Coleman owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.
Dan Severn is hard to hit — absorbs 0.67 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 1.68 Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dan Severn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 8414

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 72 finish wins over 121 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Mark Coleman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 75

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 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

1181.59/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
2432.71/min · norm 1.46
500.67/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
2342.61/min · norm 1.68
45.6%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
55.5%norm 45.8%
69.3%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
39.7%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Dan Severn

Distance 50.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 45.2% (norm 28.7%)

Mark Coleman

Distance 31.5% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 57.3% (norm 28.7%)

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

Dan Severn

Head 86.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 5.2%)

Mark Coleman

Head 94.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Severn L/AAccOpen Weight med Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 19 / 130 14.6% 27.8% 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8%
In the clinch 8 / 12 too few to rate 63.8% 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8%
On the ground 91 / 117 77.8% 65.8% 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 223 38.6% 39.3% 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3%
To the body 21 / 23 too few to rate 90.5% 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 53.5% 6 / 7 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Severn L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 132 19.7% 37.0% 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 66.7% 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7%
On the ground 15 / 18 too few to rate 67.1% 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 27 / 132 20.5% 47.0% 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0%
To the body 15 / 19 too few to rate 87.9% 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9%
To the legs 8 / 12 too few to rate 61.2% 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
945.0% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
2550.0% acc · 4.18/15 · norm 1.15
3100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 66.7%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
16:0044.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
0:110:02 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
9:481:38 per 15 · norm 0:39
61.21/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
81.34/15 · norm 1.34

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