Jess Liaudin vs. Marcus Davis

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 9-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
Age
52
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
213.6
Layoff (months)Δ 26.4 mo
187.2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jess Liaudin is a submission threat — 1.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Marcus Davis is a submission threat — 1.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jess Liaudin hunts takedowns — 3.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jess Liaudin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 188

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Marcus Davis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 154

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

902.46/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3562.72/min · norm 3.17
1012.76/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3662.79/min · norm 3.06
51.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.7%norm 44.9%
41.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.7%norm 55.25%
20.82/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.69/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jess Liaudin

Distance 59.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)

Marcus Davis

Distance 81.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jess Liaudin

Head 85.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Marcus Davis

Head 81.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Liaudin L/AAccWelterweight med Davis L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 40 / 104 38.5% 38.6% 242 / 733 33.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 35 / 44 79.5% 67.8% 67 / 94 71.3% 67.8%
On the ground 15 / 27 55.6% 67.2% 47 / 69 68.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 150 46.7% 37.2% 232 / 728 31.9% 37.2%
To the body 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.7% 65 / 98 66.3% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 82.9% 59 / 70 84.3% 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 Liaudin L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Davis L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 27 / 66 40.9% 39.0% 233 / 808 28.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 42 / 51 82.4% 68.9% 77 / 136 56.6% 68.9%
On the ground 32 / 56 57.1% 68.0% 56 / 123 45.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 138 48.6% 35.6% 205 / 856 23.9% 35.6%
To the body 22 / 22 too few to rate 69.6% 73 / 107 68.2% 69.6%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 88 / 104 84.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
853.3% acc · 3.28/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1448.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.27
430.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1147.8% def · norm 63.9%
13:5037.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
29:4722.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:525:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
27:553:11 per 15 · norm 3:15
41.64/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
121.37/15 · norm 0.45

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