Marcus Brimage vs. Maximo Blanco
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Marcus Brimage
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 15 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500
Maximo Blanco
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.45 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marcus Brimage
Distance 95.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 6.5%)
Maximo Blanco
Distance 86.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marcus Brimage
Head 73.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)
Maximo Blanco
Head 82.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Brimage L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Blanco L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 299 / 853 | 35.1% | 39.0% | 276 / 639 | 43.2% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 18 / 36 | 50.0% | 68.7% | 51 / 92 | 55.4% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 4 / 11 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 175 / 654 | 26.8% | 34.9% | 248 / 611 | 40.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 83 / 158 | 52.5% | 66.8% | 44 / 80 | 55.0% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 61 / 84 | 72.6% | 79.4% | 39 / 51 | 76.5% | 80.7% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Brimage L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Blanco L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 249 / 621 | 40.1% | 39.3% | 193 / 613 | 31.5% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 28 | 82.1% | 70.4% | 58 / 109 | 53.2% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 72.4% | 10 / 18 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 217 / 574 | 37.8% | 34.9% | 178 / 603 | 29.5% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 51 / 65 | 78.5% | 66.0% | 51 / 85 | 60.0% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 25 / 37 | 67.6% | 79.1% | 32 / 52 | 61.5% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Blanco has more cage time on record.