Don Frye vs. Mark Coleman

UFC 9-1-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-1-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
60
AgeΔ 1 yrs
61
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
356
Layoff (months)Δ 158 mo
198
WWWWW
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.
Don Frye outworks the Open Weight division — 2.43 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 1.46 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Don Frye

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 128

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.2 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 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

1272.43/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
2432.71/min · norm 1.46
791.51/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
2342.61/min · norm 1.68
66.5%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
55.5%norm 45.8%
49.0%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
39.7%norm 49.0%
10.29/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Don Frye

Distance 27.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 29.3% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 43.5% (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)

Don Frye

Head 69.6% (norm 81.2%) · Body 28.8% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (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 Frye L/AAccOpen Weight med Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 52 26.9% 27.8% 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8%
In the clinch 37 / 56 66.1% 63.8% 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8%
On the ground 76 / 83 91.6% 65.8% 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 133 54.9% 39.3% 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3%
To the body 51 / 55 92.7% 90.5% 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 3 / 3 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 Frye L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 46 37.0% 37.0% 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0%
In the clinch 31 / 53 58.5% 66.7% 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7%
On the ground 31 / 56 55.4% 67.1% 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 134 47.0% 47.0% 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0%
To the body 13 / 17 too few to rate 87.9% 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 61.2% 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
466.7% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
2550.0% acc · 4.18/15 · norm 1.15
1066.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
16:0044.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
9:481:38 per 15 · norm 0:39
30.86/15 · 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 — Coleman has more cage time on record.