Hector Lombard vs. Nate Marquardt

UFC 3-8-0 (1 NC) vs. 13-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
13-12-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48
AgeΔ 1 yrs
47
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
94.5
Layoff (months)Δ 10.4 mo
104.9
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hector Lombard carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Nate Marquardt carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Nate Marquardt is a submission threat — 0.88 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Hector Lombard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 3 — regional circuit 233

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Nate Marquardt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1212
Tier 3 — regional circuit 248

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 28 finish wins over 58 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4353.34/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6352.65/min · norm 3.25
4613.54/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4962.07/min · norm 3.20
48.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 47.4%
55.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 53.8%
70.81/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
120.75/15 · norm 0.32

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

Hector Lombard

Distance 78.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 10.3%)

Nate Marquardt

Distance 71.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Hector Lombard

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Nate Marquardt

Head 73.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lombard L/AAccMiddleweight med Marquardt L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 698 43.4% 40.5% 393 / 884 44.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 61 / 98 62.2% 70.3% 109 / 153 71.2% 70.3%
On the ground 71 / 93 76.3% 69.1% 133 / 199 66.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 693 41.7% 38.9% 374 / 906 41.3% 38.9%
To the body 52 / 75 69.3% 71.7% 124 / 165 75.2% 71.7%
To the legs 94 / 121 77.7% 83.3% 137 / 165 83.0% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Lombard L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Marquardt L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 282 / 808 34.9% 39.5% 357 / 972 36.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 71 / 92 77.2% 70.9% 57 / 106 53.8% 70.9%
On the ground 108 / 125 86.4% 69.0% 82 / 112 73.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 291 / 786 37.0% 37.9% 311 / 937 33.2% 37.9%
To the body 94 / 135 69.6% 71.3% 85 / 125 68.0% 71.3%
To the legs 76 / 104 73.1% 82.1% 100 / 128 78.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1548.4% acc · 1.73/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3358.9% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 1.42
2379.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4271.2% def · norm 63.1%
28:1921.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
66:3727.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
7:120:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
38:362:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.23/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
140.88/15 · norm 0.47

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