Frankie Edgar vs. Matt Veach
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Frankie Edgar
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 18 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 17-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500
Matt Veach
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Frankie Edgar
Distance 82.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 6.5%)
Matt Veach
Distance 67.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 21.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Frankie Edgar
Head 79.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)
Matt Veach
Head 92.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Edgar L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Veach L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1263 / 3672 | 34.4% | 40.9% | 12 / 54 | 22.2% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 129 / 207 | 62.3% | 70.8% | 7 / 17 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 409 / 572 | 71.5% | 69.2% | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1195 / 3545 | 33.7% | 37.2% | 20 / 74 | 27.0% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 344 / 566 | 60.8% | 68.2% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 262 / 340 | 77.1% | 80.7% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Edgar L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Veach L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1159 / 3660 | 31.7% | 39.2% | 26 / 72 | 36.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 156 | 59.6% | 70.3% | 13 / 25 | 52.0% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 94 / 135 | 69.6% | 69.4% | 62 / 85 | 72.9% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 995 / 3447 | 28.9% | 35.9% | 86 / 161 | 53.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 204 / 317 | 64.4% | 67.9% | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 147 / 187 | 78.6% | 81.5% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Edgar has more cage time on record.