Mark Coleman vs. Pedro Rizzo

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 9-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
9-5-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
61
AgeΔ 9 yrs
52
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
198
Layoff (months)Δ 74.5 mo
272.5
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mark Coleman hunts takedowns — 4.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Pedro Rizzo carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Mark Coleman owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mark Coleman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 75

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Pedro Rizzo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 116

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2432.71/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
2861.76/min · norm 3.36
2342.61/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
3652.25/min · norm 3.19
55.5%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
36.9%norm 47.8%
39.7%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
54.2%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
80.74/15 · norm 0.28

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

Mark Coleman

Distance 31.5% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 57.3% (norm 28.7%)

Pedro Rizzo

Distance 83.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Mark Coleman

Head 94.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 5.2%)

Pedro Rizzo

Head 77.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med Rizzo L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8% 210 / 646 32.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8% 37 / 57 64.9% 70.6%
On the ground 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8% 39 / 72 54.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3% 145 / 599 24.2% 38.9%
To the body 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5% 16 / 16 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 53.5% 125 / 160 78.1% 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 (Open Weight: 11 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 Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Rizzo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0% 230 / 584 39.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7% 57 / 98 58.2% 70.6%
On the ground 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1% 78 / 115 67.8% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0% 237 / 617 38.4% 38.8%
To the body 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9% 28 / 41 68.3% 75.1%
To the legs 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2% 100 / 139 71.9% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2550.0% acc · 4.18/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 0.95
675.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
5577.5% def · norm 64.3%
16:0044.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
15:1310.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
9:481:38 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
25:032:18 per 15 · norm 2:28
81.34/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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