Josh Barnett vs. Gan McGee

UFC 7-3-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 1 yrs
49
6'3"
HeightΔ 7"
6'10"
78"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
119.1
Layoff (months)Δ 155.3 mo
274.4
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josh Barnett is a submission threat — 0.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Gan McGee owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Josh Barnett owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Barnett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 3 — regional circuit 235

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Gan McGee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3924.27/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
432.02/min · norm 3.36
2202.39/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
421.97/min · norm 3.19
61.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
33.9%norm 47.8%
50.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
53.3%norm 52.5%
10.16/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Josh Barnett

Distance 44.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 34.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 20.9% (norm 9.3%)

Gan McGee

Distance 74.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 23.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Josh Barnett

Head 74.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 7.6%)

Gan McGee

Head 93.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barnett L/AAccHeavyweight med McGee L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 133 / 285 46.7% 40.1% 26 / 94 27.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 171 / 219 78.1% 70.6% 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 88 / 133 66.2% 70.2% 15 / 30 50.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 476 52.1% 38.9% 36 / 119 30.3% 38.9%
To the body 116 / 130 89.2% 76.8% 4 / 4 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 28 / 31 90.3% 87.8% 3 / 4 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Barnett L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs McGee L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 282 40.1% 40.7% 21 / 64 32.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 75 / 113 66.4% 70.6% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 32 / 50 64.0% 72.0% 14 / 18 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 145 / 352 41.2% 38.8% 24 / 72 33.3% 38.8%
To the body 42 / 51 82.4% 75.1% 5 / 5 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 33 / 42 78.6% 84.4% 13 / 13 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
562.5% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
225.0% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 0.95
1359.1% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
787.5% def · norm 64.3%
28:5931.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
8:5642.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
28:584:43 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
3:182:19 per 15 · norm 2:28
50.82/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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