Laverne Clark vs. Josh Stuart

UFC 4-1-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-1-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
52
Age
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
310.5
Layoff (months)Δ 30.3 mo
340.8
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Laverne Clark carries real power — 0.62 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Laverne Clark is hard to hit — absorbs 0.08 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Laverne Clark

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2320

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.05 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Josh Stuart

Full career not yet synced for Josh Stuart — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

351.44/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
—/min · norm 3.42
20.08/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
—/min · norm 3.37
42.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
norm 43.5%
83.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
norm 56.3%
10.62/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
—/15 · norm 0.25

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

Laverne Clark

Distance 50.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 41.0% (norm 8.0%)

Josh Stuart

Distance 0.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Laverne Clark

Head 80.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Josh Stuart

Head 0.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Clark L/AAccLightweight med Stuart L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 42 19.0% 37.9% — / — too few to rate 37.9%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 67.3% — / — too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 22 / 34 64.7% 69.1% — / — too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 67 31.3% 35.0% — / — too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 14 / 16 too few to rate 69.1% — / — too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% — / — 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Clark L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Stuart L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 10 too few to rate 38.9% — / — too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6% — / — too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% — / — too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 3 too few to rate 35.1% — / — too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 0 / 3 too few to rate 68.1% — / — too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 1 / 6 too few to rate 81.5% — / — too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2100.0% acc · 1.23/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
— acc · —/15 · norm 1.38
1071.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.0%
5:4035.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
5:123:11 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
—/15 · norm 0.49

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